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Mediterranean Diet Score: Vegetables
Do you consume more than 3.5 servings per day if you are male or 3.65 servings per day if you are female?
A serving is…
Yellow squash or zucchini 1 cup sliced Broccoli 1 cup chopped or florets Cauliflower 1 cup chopped or florets Green or wax beans 1 cup cooked Spinach 1 cup cooked Carrots 2 medium or 1 cup baby carrots Sweet potato 1 large baked (2 1⁄4” or more diameter)
Score:
Give yourself 1 point if you eat more than the recommended servings of vegetables (on average) per day.
Give yourself 0 points for less than the recommended servings of vegetables (on average) per day.