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One in four Americans ‘have never eaten a vegetable’

It ain’t easy eating green.

A frozen food company surveyed Americans to find out their favourite and least favourite vegetables but discovered something shocking — a staggering one quarter of respondents had never even eaten one.

The survey of 2000 adults, conducted by research firm OnePoll in May on behalf of Dr. Praeger’s, found that even among those who do eat them, only one third (36 per cent) of their meals actually included a vegetable.

Seventy-two per cent of respondents said they wanted to eat more vegetables and 67 per cent said they felt guilty...