Eating more fruit seems to help more than eating more vegetables when it comes to lowering the risk of dying from cancer.
Scientific Claim
Higher fruit intake is more strongly associated with reduced cancer mortality than vegetable intake, suggesting fruit may play a more prominent role in cancer prevention, though both contribute to overall benefit.
Original Statement
“Our data supported that high intake of fruit, but not vegetables, may confer a protective effect against cancer mortality.”
Evidence Quality Assessment
Claim Status
appropriately stated
Study Design Support
Design supports claim
Appropriate Language Strength
association
Can only show association/correlation
Assessment Explanation
The claim accurately reflects the differential association found in the data using associative language, consistent with the observational design and study interpretation.
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (0)
Contradicting (1)
Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mortality
The study says eating more fruits and veggies lowers cancer risk, but it doesn’t say whether fruits are better than vegetables at doing so — so we can’t tell if the claim about fruit being more important is true.