Healthy eating and safe, active living are the norm for everyone in Henderson County.
Percent of adults who consume 5 or more servings of fruits and/or vegetables per day
Current Value
4.6%
Definition
Story Behind the Indicator
The "story behind the indicator" helps us understand why the data on fruit and vegetable consumption is the way that it is in our community. When we understand the root causes of our community problems, we have a better chance of find the right solutions, together.
What's helping? These are the positive forces at work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Focus on the whole family
- School as a space to encourage tasting new foods
- Early childhood education programs
What's hurting? These are the negative forces at work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Families homebound due to COVID- less access to fresh fruits/vegetables
- Change in eating habits
- What is "healthy" is not always what is "easy"
- Stress of jobs/family reducing time to prepare healthy meals
- Pandemic exasperating programs (supply chain issues)
- Cost of produce
- Decreased gatherings/shared meals due to COVID
- Money driving a change in systems (ie more fast food, less communal gathering)
- Lack of skills/knowledge to prepare healthy meals
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