Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Risk of Major Chronic Disease

H.-C. Hung; Kaumudi Joshipura; Rui Jiang; Frank B Hu; David J. Hunter; Stephanie A. Smith‐Warner; Graham A. Colditz; B. Rosner; Donna Spiegelman; Walter C. Willett

doi:10.1093/jnci/djh296

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Increased fruit and vegetable consumption was associated with a modest although not statistically significant reduction in the development of major chronic disease. The benefits appeared to be primarily for cardiovascular disease and not for cancer.

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