Gardening linked to increased vegetable consumption in older adults
A study of older adults has revealed some interesting nutritional benefits to gardening. Researchers compared fruit and vegetable consumption of older gardeners and non-gardeners, and investigated differences in fruit and vegetable consumption of long-term gardeners compared with newer gardeners. The results suggested that offering gardening “intervention” programs for older adults could be an effective way to improve vegetable and fruit consumption in the population.
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Gardening linked to increased vegetable consumption in older adults
March 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: compared-fruit, diet, improve-vegetable, long-term-gardeners, older-adults, older-gardeners, population, results-suggested, some-interesting, vegetable-consumption
