This is the class research project that my teammates and I did to find out whether eating apples will help people to be more healthy or not.

1. An Apple A
Day, Keeps The
Doctor Away
Anh Nguyen,
Leeah Tomes,
Diogo Barboza,
Hsin Jung Yu(Rosie),
Tzu-Chun Lin(Max)

2. An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
❏ Is there a correlation between the amount of apples used, produced, and
consumed and health?
❏ Is there another fruit that is better at ‘keeping the doctor away’?

3. The Data
❏ Apple consumption in the world and health
❏ Total utilized production, Fresh use, Processed, and Number of farms data from
United States Department of Agriculture
❏ Compared to the rate of heart disease, and common cold by state from CDC
❏ Apple Nutrients compared to other fruits

4. Apple Consumption and Doctor Visits

5. Apple Consumption and Heart Related Deaths

6. Apple Consumption and Life Expectancy

7. Total Utilized Production in US, Number of Farms and
Fresh Use
Total Utilized Production:
1,443,890
Fresh Use: 1,365,000 Number of Farms: 3,052

8. Apple Use and Doctor Visits In The U.S
WA
NY
NY
NJ
WA
MO
MO
NJ

9. Heart Related Deaths In The U.S

10. Data Visualization of Apples vs. Other Fruits

11. Conclusion
❏ Apples are not the best fruit to keep people away from the doctors.
❏ Fruits are beneficial for the blood system. They can prevent and fight colds,
which helps people to be healthier.
❏ Berries are generally more beneficial for a person’s health than apples are due
to their amount of Antioxidants and Vitamin C .
❏ Solution to help people be more healthy: 5 A Day Strategy

12. Work Cited
"List of Countries by Apple Consumption Per Capita." StatsMonkey. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
"Doctor Visits per Capita by Country 2013 | Statistic." Statista. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
"Heart Disease Deaths: Countries Compared." NationMaster. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2017.
"Life Expectancy for Countries, 2015." Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
"National Heart Disease and Stroke Maps." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. N.p., 24 June 2015. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
"Nutritional Info Of: Raw Apple with Skin vs Blueberries, Raw." The Nutrition Search Engine. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.
"Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Mar. 2017. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.
"U.S. Apple Statistics." United States Department of Agriculture. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2017.