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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Next Most Surprising Statistic Today--Fruits and Vegetable Consumption Increased
(After the teachers from the Philippines in the previous post), this quote surprised me:
While consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has increased from about 192 pounds over the course of a year in 1970 to 280 pounds in 2008, the risk of food-borne diseases associated with fresh produce has also increased.
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