Iowans need to eat more veggies

The CDC released a study this week that showed most of us could do better eating our fruits and vegetables. Iowa ranked 12

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lowest, in a tie with Delaware, in the percentage of adults meeting both fruit and vegetable goals. Only about 12 percent of adults here meet the goals of two or more servings of fruit and three or more servings of vegetables per day.

 Here are the rankings from the study, based on 2007 surveys:

 State by State Report

*lowest to the highest percentage of adults meeting both fruit & vegetable goals

1.            Mississippi: 8.8%

2.            Oklahoma and South Carolina: 9.3%

3.            Alabama: 9.8%

4.            South Dakota: 10.1%

5.            West Virginia: 10.3%

6.            Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina: 10.6%

7.            Arkansas and Missouri: 11.2%

8.            Louisiana: 11.5%

9.            Minnesota: 11.6%

10.          Michigan and Nevada:  11.8%

11.          Ohio: 12.2%

12.          Delaware and Iowa: 12.3%

13.          New Mexico: 12.5%

14.          Idaho: 13.0%

15.          Tennessee: 13.1%

16.          Utah: 13.2%

17.          Georgia and North Dakota: 13.3%

18.          Indiana: 13.5%

19.          Illinois and Wisconsin:13.7%

20.          Alaska: 13.9%

21.          Nebraska: 14.0%

22.          Virginia: 14.2%

23.          Texas: 14.3%

24.          Montana: 14.5%

25.          Rhode Island and Wyoming: 14.6%

26.          New Jersey: 14.9%

27.          Pennsylvania and Washington state: 15.1%

28.          Colorado: 15.2%

29.          Maryland: 15.4%

30.          Florida and Oregon: 15.6%

31.          Arizona and California: 16.1%

32.          Connecticut and New Hampshire: 16.2%

33.          Massachusetts: 16.4%

34.          New York: 16.5%

35.          Hawaii: 17.5%

36.          Maine: 17.7%

37.          Vermont: 17.9%

38.          Washington, D.C.: 20.1%

For more on this report, see:

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/5ADaySurveillance/