The State Of The Plate: Why Americans Aren't Eating Enough Fruits & Vegetables-- with Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN

In this episode, Natalie chats with President and CEO of the Produce for Better Health (PBH) Foundation, Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak. PBH is a non-profit organization committed to transforming how people think about and enjoy fruits and vegetables. This episode focuses on a new report called State Of The Plate, which details that Americans are severely under consuming fruits and veggies. 

Natalie and Wendy discuss:

•  the long term health implications of Americans under consuming fruits and veggies 
• why people are under consuming fruits and vegetables, even when they know the beneficial
• Is this a global problem, or America specific?
• why we are seeing a decline in produce consumption if motivation is high 
• budget friendly ways people can increase fruit and vegetable consumption?
• how the pandemic changed peoples’ consumption of fruits and vegetables?

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