title: Fruit and vegetable intake in the Mexican population: results from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify fruit and vegetable (FV) dietary intake in the Mexican population and compliance with international recommendations.
  
  
  METHODS
  FV dietary intake (FV-DI) and compliance with international recommendations were obtained in a representative sample of a Mexican population ages 1-59 years old using dietary data from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 (ENSANUT 2006).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average FV-DI for different age groups range from 61 to 72 g for fruits and 26 to 56 g for vegetables. Average total FV intakes were 88.7 g in preschool-age, 103.1 g in school-aged children, 116.3 g in adolescents and 122.6 g in adults. The lowest intakes were observed in the northern region and among the population with the lowest wellbeing levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Less than 30% of the Mexican population had adequate intakes of FV. Developing and implementing strategies aimed at increasing intake of these food groups is a national priority.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. rivera@correo.insp.mx
authors.forename: Ivonne
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Silva
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: Xochitl
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Avila
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult