(ANSA) - BELGRADE, APRIL 1 - A much lower number of people in
Central- and Eastern Europe eat fruits and vegetables on a daily
basis in comparison with the EU average, new data from Eurostat
show.
In 2017, the EU statistical office said, 64% of the European
Union population ate fruit and vegetable on a daily basis, with
a daily intake of fruit most prevalent in Italy (85% of the
population) and in Portugal (81 %). In contrast, less than 50%
of the population ate fruit on a daily basis in several Central-
and Eastern EU countries, including Latvia (35 %), Bulgaria and
Lithuania (both 37 %), Hungary (40%), Romania (42%) and Croatia
(46%).
When it comes to vegetable consumption, Eurostat added, the
highest consumption was registered in 2017 in Ireland and
Belgium (both 84%), followed by Italy (80%), while the lowest
was recorded in Hungary (30%), Romania (41%), Latvia (44%),
Lithuania and Bulgaria (both 45%). (ANSA).
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