Facts about Fiber

Jennifer Hillan, R. Elaine Turner, and Wendy J. Dahl

Release Date: 5/10/2022

Reviewed At: 3/9/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fy849-2006

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet for General Public audience(s). in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Nutrition and Food Systems

About this Publication

This document is FCS8793, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2006. Revised February 2015, September 2018, and May 2022. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Jennifer Hillan, MSH, RD, LD/N, former ENAFS nutrition educator/trainer, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences; R. Elaine Turner, PhD, professor and dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences; and Wendy J. Dahl, PhD, associate professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.