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Article: New findings from S.R. Jaeger and co-researchers in the area of public health described.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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In this recently published study, investigators in Auckland, New Zealand conducted a study "To investigate fruit consumption in a high deprivation population in New Zealand. In 2007, 99 door-to-door interviews were conducted in a high deprivation neighbourhood in Auckland with a focus on measuring self-reported fruit consumption."
"On average, participants reported eating a serving of fresh fruit five to six times per week. At the time of the interview, more than a third of participants (38%) did not have any fresh fruit in the house and 60% of respondents reported that in the past month they had thrown out fruit between one to four times per week because it was ...