title: California adults increase fruit and vegetable consumption from 1997-2007.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether fruit and vegetable consumption among California adults significantly increased from 1997-2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  Biennial telephone surveillance surveys of California adults' dietary practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  California adults (n = 9,105 total all 6 surveys).
  
  
  METHODS
  Surveillance data reporting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Changes in fruit and vegetable consumption over time between 1997-2007, measured by mean servings and percentage of adults eating ≥ 5 servings on any given day.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comparisons of subsets both within the same year and across years were made using t tests, chi-square, and Tukey Studentized Range tests at 5% procedure-wise error rate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  California adults significantly increased mean daily servings of fruits and vegetables from 3.8 servings in 1997 to 5.2 servings in 2007.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Since 1998, notable improvements in fruit and vegetable consumption have occurred to California populations, including the target audience groups of the Network for a Healthy California.
authors.affiliation: Network for a Healthy California, California Department of Public Health and Public Health Institute, Sacramento, CA, USA. Sharon.Sugerman@cdph.ca.gov
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugerman
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Foerster
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gregson
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hudes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005638:Fruit; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014675:Vegetables