Heiner Boeing, Angela Bechthold, Achim Bub, Sabine Ellinger, Dirk Haller, Anja Kroke, Eva Leschik-Bonnet, Manfred J Müller, Helmut Oberritter, Matthias Schulze, Peter Stehle, Bernhard Watzl
BACKGROUND: Vegetables and fruit provide a significant part of human nutrition, as they are important sources of nutrients, dietary fibre, and phytochemicals. However, it is uncertain whether the risk of certain chronic diseases can be reduced by increased consumption of vegetables or fruit by the general public, and what strength of evidence has to be allocated to such an association. METHODS: Therefore, a comprehensive analysis of the studies available in the literature and the respective study results has been performed and evaluated regarding obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, cancer, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, osteoporosis, eye diseases, and dementia...
September 2012: European Journal of Nutrition