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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 214603" data-attributes="member: 12578">The origin of 5 a day isn't a marketing ploy but  the Uks response to   the World Health aim of a minimum of 400gs of fruit and veg a day . The WHO looked at a great  deal of evidence  that showed that people who have diets including  larger amounts of fruit and veg are less likely to develop a variety of chronic diseases.  The 400g has been interpreted in the UK ,Germany, Spain, Poland and many other countries  as 5 portions of 80g each.  Some  countries adopted different numbers  (with either smaller portion sizes or  the aim of a greater than the minimum intake;  France adopted 10 par Jour, Canada 5-10 a day, Denmark 6 om dagen and Japan vegefru-7<a href="http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/fruit/en/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity ... index.html</a></blockquote>

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