Even after eating a lot of fruits and veggies for 3 months, most people go back to eating only a little bit again a year later unless someone keeps giving them the food.

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Effect of increasing fruit and vegetable intake by dietary intervention on nutritional biomarkers and attitudes to dietary change: a randomised trial

Randomized Controlled Trial

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After people ate more fruits and veggies for 12 weeks, they went back to eating about the same amount as before a year later — because it was too expensive, inconvenient, or hard to keep up.

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Effect of increasing fruit and vegetable intake by dietary intervention on nutritional biomarkers and attitudes to dietary change: a randomised trial

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DOI: 10.1007/s00394-017-1469-0

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