(Latvian Public Broadcasting) Results of European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) published by Central Statistical Bureau March 16 show that around one in three Latvians consume fruit and vegetables daily.
35.3% of Latvian population aged 15 and over consumed fruit at least once a day, while vegetables and salads (excluding potatoes) - 39.4 %. In the last five years these indicators have decreased by 4.5 and 3.2 percentage points, respectively.
Women consume more fruit and vegetables than men
Fruit and vegetable eating habits are markedly different between men and women. In 2019, similarly to 2014, the tendency was that women consumed more fruit and vegetables - 41.3 % of women consumed fruit at least once a day, while vegetables and salads (except potatoes) - 43.6 % of women. Mostly women aged 55 to 64 (47.4 %) consumed fruit on a daily basis. Men ate more vegetables than fruit - 27.8 % of men ate fruit every day, while 34.2 % of men ate vegeta
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The first of its kind, a multi-country study has found that more than 75% of European adults don’t do any muscle-strengthening exercise at all, not even weekly.
The World Health Organization ‘suggests activities like lifting weights in a gym, push-ups, sit-ups and squats should be carried out at least two days a week to maintain good health and reduce the risk of chronic diseases’.
Nevertheless, data from more than
280,000 adults from 28 European countries showed that only 17.3 per cent follow the guidelines – 19.8 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women.
The study, led by the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, is the most comprehensive look at how much muscle-strengthening exercise adults across Europe are getting.