date:Jun 11, 2021
Adults and children in the UK are falling well short of eating the recommended amount of vegetables each day. A new report by the Food Foundation found diets low in vegetables and legumes are associated with almost 18,000 premature deaths a year in the country. It discovered that a 29% of children aged 5-10 years old eat less than one portion of veg a day, while just 6% of children aged 11-16 years old are currently meeting the governments Eatwell Guide recommendation for eating around 3.5 porti