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To the Editor: The article by Popkin et al. (Sept. 5, 1996, issue)¹ on dietary trends presents a potentially misleading picture of fruit and vegetable intake in the United States. The implied serving sizes (grams of dietary intake in Table 4 of the article divided by numbers of servings in Table 3) range from 33.7 to 56.9 g (1.2 to 2.0 oz), lower than weights corresponding to recommended serving sizes (2 to 6 oz). In addition, the reported numbers of servings in Table 3 (4.3 to 4.8 for whites and 3.9 to 5.4 for blacks) generally exceed and run counter . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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