America, please eat more fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n
A new report by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which convenes every five years, says that the rest of the American diet is having devastating effects: about two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese. And maybe worse, about half of American adults – about 117 million people – have preventable chronic diseases related to poor diet and physical inactivity, the group said.<\/p>\n
This dismal diagnosis is the foundation for the group\u2019s report, which provides the scientific basis for the nation\u2019s Dietary Guidelines, the advice booklet that will be issued by the federal government late this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t call it gloomy,\u201d\u009d said Marian Neuhouser, a committee member from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA. \u201cI call it reality.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n