National Nutrition Week pushes Aussies to 'Try for 5' serves of veggies each day

Ashley Walmsley
October 18 2017 - 10:00am
MORE NEEDED: According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, less than 4 per cent of Australians consume the recommended number of vegetable serves per day.
MORE NEEDED: According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, less than 4 per cent of Australians consume the recommended number of vegetable serves per day.

THE gauntlet has been thrown down to Australians to rise to the challenge of consuming five serves of vegetables per day during National Nutrition Week this week.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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