Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

• Main Authors: Victoria Miller, BSc (Author), Prof. Salim Yusuf, DPhil (Author), Clara K Chow, PhD (Author), Mahshid Dehghan, PhD (Author), Daniel J Corsi, PhD (Author), Prof. Karen Lock, PhD (Author), Prof. Barry Popkin, PhD (Author), Sumathy Rangarajan, MSc (Author), Rasha Khatib, PhD (Author), Prof. Scott A Lear, PhD (Author), Prof. Prem Mony, MD (Author), Manmeet Kaur, PhD (Author), Viswanathan Mohan, DSc (Author), Prof. Krishnapillai Vijayakumar, MD (Author), Rajeev Gupta, MD (Author), Prof. Annamarie Kruger, PhD (Author), Lungiswa Tsolekile, MPH (Author), Noushin Mohammadifard, PhD (Author), Prof. Omar Rahman, MD (Author), Prof. Annika Rosengren, MD (Author), Prof. Alvaro Avezum, MD (Author), Andrés Orlandini, MD (Author), Noorhassim Ismail, MD (Author), Prof. Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, MD (Author), Prof. Afzalhussein Yusufali, MD (Author), Kubilay Karsidag, MD (Author), Romaina Iqbal, PhD (Author), Jephat Chifamba, MPhil (Author), Solange Martinez Oakley, MSc (Author), Farnaza Ariffin, MBBS (Author), Katarzyna Zatonska, MD (Author), Paul Poirier, MD (Author), Prof. Li Wei, PhD (Author), Bo Jian, BSc (Author), Chen Hui (Author), Liu Xu, MSc (Author), Bai Xiulin (Author), Prof. Koon Teo, PhD (Author), Prof. Andrew Mente, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Several international guidelines recommend the consumption of two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables per day, but their intake is thought to be low worldwide. We aimed to determine the extent to which such low intake is related to availability and affordability. Methods:...