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Fruit and vegetable consumption has increased but still falls below recommended levels. Less than 10 percent of the American population eat the recommended five fruits and vegetables each day. Interestingly, the popularity of pizza has boosted the average consumption of canned tomato products, but consumption of other canned vegetables declined. The popularity of french fries, eaten mainly in fast-food restaurants, caused a 63 percent increase in the average consumption of frozen potatoes. And the introduction of precut and prepackaged items has boosted the intake of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Highly publicized medical research linking compounds in fruits and vegetables to anticancer activity has provided a powerful incentive to consumption. However, in general, individual fast-food companies can spend multimillions of dollars to promote their products, whereas the national health organizations such as the National Cancer Institute is only able to spend a fraction of that amount to promote fruits and vegetables. And consider the fact that that applies to only one fast-food company! Go to Chapter 3 to find out more about the great diversity in carbohydrate foods.