I thought the recomendation was 5 pieces of fruit & veg per day. Not 2 per week.

By Donaugh | October 5, 2011 4:37 PM

TV advertising is partly to blame: there's no health warning for junk & processed food with E-number-added shelf-life ingredients.
So much cheap nutritious food available here: 15 fish-fingers 0.89c (3portions.)450grams frozen green beans 0,63c. 450grams peas 0,67c.(Legumes.) (Euroshopper brand.) I buy every month 48+ lemons in the local market for just 10 euros instead of ready made juice.- Speeds up metabolic rate & keeps body weight steady.)
NL is almost on a par with USA food-wise except qua choice, still no free market yet?
(A mars a day helps you work, rest & put on weight!)

By The visitor | October 5, 2011 5:34 PM

There is a mistake in this article. It should be "children eat less than one piece of fruit a day" not "week".

By pepe | October 5, 2011 8:19 PM

The significant part is the end: even the few Dutchies who eat better they do it because someone else decided to lower the fat in the products, not by choice.
There is simply not the culture of eating healthy, not the culture of food. Food is too elaborated, too many ingridients, too much fat and fried food.
Not my problem, I cook everything I eat from fresh products, not giving my family pre-cooked chicken baked in a plastic bag,as shown in the commercials.
Fresh food is expensive, and probably locals do not think it is worth to spend money on good food (or health care later on).

By joanna | October 6, 2011 11:11 AM

I think that means one piece of fruit per DAY not week, surely! Especially as the lunchbox police at schools insist on fruit every day at break times!!

By Mazza Scottish ex Pat | October 6, 2011 3:23 PM

"Children eat less than one piece of fruit a week and adults not quite one and a half. The recommended amount is two pieces. And the consumption of fibres is about 66% of what it should be."

Something seems off here. Shouldn't it be PER DAY? How can a child eat less than one piece of fruit PER WEEK!? That is unheard of. Is this a bad translation (again)?

By Maru | October 7, 2011 10:11 AM