Index - V

Variyam, Jayachandran, 156-158

Vastag, Brian, 94

Vegetables
     average frequency of fruit/vegetable consumption per day, 1996-2000, 142t
     "5-a-Day for Better Health" program, 142-143
     recommended daily servings of fruit and vegetables for men, women, and children, 143t

Vending machines, 116

"VERB: It's What You Do" campaign, 168-169

Very low birth weight (VLBW)
     percent very low, moderately low, high birth weight births, 1984, 1990, 2002, 5f
     rate of very low birth weight, low birth weight, and mean birth weight among singletons by race and Hispanic origin of mother, selected years 1990-2002, 5t
     trends, 3

Very-low-calorie diets (VLCDs), 129

VLBW. See Very low birth weight

VLCDs (very-low-calorie diets), 129

Vomit, 46