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Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who consume at least two daily servings of fruit.

Target: 75 percent.

Baseline: 28 percent of persons aged 2 years and older consumed at least two daily servings of fruit in 1994–96 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) (2-day average), USDA.

Persons Aged 2 Years and Older, 1994–96

Two or More Daily
Servings of Fruit

Percent

TOTAL

28

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DSU

Asian or Pacific Islander

DSU

Asian

DNC

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

Black or African American

DNA

White

DNA

 

Hispanic or Latino

32

Mexican American

29

Other Hispanic

30

Not Hispanic or Latino

Black or African American

24

White

27

Gender and age

Female

2 years and older

26

2 to 5 years (not age adjusted)

43

6 to 11 years (not age adjusted)

26

12 to 19 years (not age adjusted)

23

20 to 39 years (not age adjusted)

20

40 to 59 years (not age adjusted)

26

60 years and older (not age adjusted)

35

Male

2 years and older

29

2 to 5 years (not age adjusted)

46

6 to 11 years (not age adjusted)

27

12 to 19 years (not age adjusted)

22

20 to 39 years (not age adjusted)

23

40 to 59 years (not age adjusted)

28

60 years and older (not age adjusted)

39

Household income level*

Lower income (<130 percent of poverty
threshold)

23

Higher income (>130 percent of poverty
threshold)

29

Disability status

Persons with disabilities

DNC

Persons without disabilities

DNC

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.
*A household income below 130 percent of poverty threshold is used by the Food Stamp Program.