Momma Always Said to Eat Your Veggies

I'm happy to say that for dinner I had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes and spinach in or around my ravioli. Then I came home to this headline in my news reader: "Americans Skimping on Fruits, Veggies."

How sad is this sentence: "From coast to coast, no state (or Washington, D.C.) meets the CDC's goals for adult fruit and vegetable consumption." [Bold emphasis is mine.]