Hands up! Who’s eating their five portions of fruit and vegetables a day? The 5-a-Day programme was launched in the UK way back in 2003, and public awareness of the message is high, but most of us are apparently still not getting through the full five. The Government’s National Diet and Nutrition Survey in 2014 (published in 2016) showed that only eight per cent of children aged 11 to 18 met the recommendation.
Now Imperial College London has published the results of new research which found that the greatest benefits to health came from eating 800g of fruit and veg a day – ten portions…
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