FREQUENCY AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION AMONG PERUVIAN ADULTS, 2017-2018: SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF A NATIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

Chávez-Ochoa H.; Gómez-Guizado G.; Solís-Sánchez G.; Rosales-Pimentel R.S.; Luján-Del Castillo C.; De la Cruz-Egoavil L.; Maldonado-Carrasco R. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2026) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v26i1.6981

Resumen

Introduction: Fruit consumption (FC), vegetable consumption (VC), and/or both (FVC) are dietary behaviors of public health relevance. Objective: To determine the frequency of and factors associated with fruit and vegetable consumption among Peruvian adults. Methods: This was an observational, cross-sectional study based on secondary data, which analyzed information from the 2017-2018 Food and Nutrition Surveillance by Life Stages survey. The analysis estimated FC, VC, and FVC reported for the day prior to the survey. Likewise, the analysis assessed differences in consumption according to sociodemographic, clinical-epidemiological, and lifestyle characteristics. Chi-square tests for trend, prevalence ratios, and 95% condence intervals (95% CI) were used. Results: A total of 71.8% reported FC (95% CI: 68.4-74.9), 80.7% reported VC (95% CI: 77.2-83.7), and 83.6% reported FVC (95% CI: 80.5-86.2). Among the most commonly consumed fruits were lemon, at 42.4% (95% CI: 38.7-46.1), and banana, at 25.2% (95% CI: 22.1-28.5). Among the most commonly consumed vegetables were garlic, at 68.9% (95% CI: 65.2-72.4), and onion, at 56.8% (95% CI: 53.1-60.4). In addition, educational level was associated with FC, nutritional status was associated with FC, VC, and FVC, and glycemic status was associated with FVC. Finally, no associations were observed with lifestyle characteristics. Conclusion: More than 80.0% of Peruvian adults consumed at least one fruit and/or vegetable in the 24 hours prior to the survey, with VC being more frequent than FC. Thus, FVC varied according to certain sociodemographic and clinical-epidemiological characteristics. Article published by the Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana of Universidad Ricardo Palma. It is an open access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is duly cited.

Instituciones: Universidad de San Martín de Porres