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Article: The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Suggests Pairing Dip With Fresh Veggies to Increase Vegetable Consumption.
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- May 7, 2000
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CHICAGO, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --
The new 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, recently released by the USDA'S Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, suggests Americans increase daily servings of fruits and vegetables to five servings for children, seven for teens and women and nine for most men. Specifically, the guideline recommends getting vegetables into regular diets by pairing fresh vegetables such as carrots, celery and broccoli with veggie/chip dip and including them in main dishes such as stir-fry and pasta.
However, with 57 percent of Americans eating away from home on any given day, getting those vegetables into diets has become more and more ...