1 in 7 Adults Eat Right and Exercise
As Americans spend billions each year on diet and exercise habits, it seems only a few are exercising at all, a new study shows.
Just one in seven U.S. adults reported regular physical activity along with consuming five servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
U.S. dietary guidelines call for adults to get five or more servings of fresh fruits and vegetables per day. Government health recommendations also urge at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise five days per week or vigorous-intensity exercise at for least 20 minutes three days per week.
Moderate-intensity exercise means exercise with some increase in breathing or heart rate; vigorous-intensity exercise means a large increase in breathing.
“No matter what group, the American public isn’t eating enough fruits and vegetables,”
says Mary Kay Solera, director of CDC’s fruit and vegetable program and one of the study’s authors.
Solera confirms that the study may overestimate actual healthy behaviors because it was based on subjects’ self-reports. Research participants are known to routinely overestimate good behaviors and underestimate bad ones.
“These are two really good behaviors that when combined would do great for reducing the risk of chronic diseases. But how do we get you to do that?”
she asks.
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12. April 2007 | 01:38 hI’m actually kind of surprised that has many as 1 in 7 exercise.
I know in my own case, exercise was the key to my weight loss. I can’t imagine permanent weight loss WITHOUT exercise.
Brian