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Adults Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Recommendations — United States, 2013
Eating more fruits and vegetables adds nutrients to diets, reduces the risk for disease, and helps manage body weight. CDC analyzed median daily frequency of fruit and vegetable intake based on 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for the 50 states and the District of Columbia and applied newly developed prediction equations to calculate the percentage of each state’s population meeting fruit and vegetable intake recommendations. This report summarizes the results of that analysis.

 

 

Announcement: Recommendation Regarding Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control — Community Preventive Services Task Force

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends interventions that engage community health workers to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is strong evidence of effectiveness for interventions that engage community health workers in a team-based care model to improve blood pressure and cholesterol in patients at increased risk for CVD. There is sufficient evidence of effectiveness for interventions that engage community health workers for health education, and as outreach, enrollment, and information agents to increase self-reported health behaviors (physical activity, healthful eating habits, and smoking cessation) in patients at increased risk for CVD.

Additionally, a small number of studies suggest that engaging community health workers improves appropriate use of healthcare services and reduces morbidity and mortality related to CVD. When interventions engaging community health workers are implemented in minority or underserved communities, they can improve health, reduce health disparities, and enhance health equity.

 

 

 

 

MMWR Weekly Vol. 64, No. 26 July 10, 2015

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Adults Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Recommendations — United States, 2013 Latetia V. Moore, PhD, Frances E. Thompson, PhD. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:709-13 Continued efforts are needed to increase demand and consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Ebola Virus Disease — Five Counties, Liberia, September–October, 2014 Miwako Kobayashi, MD, Karlyn D. Beer, PhD, Adam Bjork, PhD, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:714-8

Vital Signs: Demographic and Substance Use Trends Among Heroin Users — United States, 2002–2013 Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, Joseph Logan, PhD, R. Matthew Gladden, PhD, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:719-25

Announcement: Recommendation Regarding Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control — Community Preventive Services Task Force MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:726

Errata: Vol. 64, No. 19 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:727

Errata: Vol. 64, No. 24 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:727

QuickStats: Annual Birth Rates, by Marital Status — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1980–2014 Sally C. Curtin, MA. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:728

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