The Global Fruit & Veg Newsletter
The Global Fruit & Veg Newsletter est une revue mensuelle gratuite en anglais destinée aux professionnels de la santé dans lequel des chercheurs du monde entier contribuent à la rédaction d’articles. Aprifel vous offre l’accès à la base de données complète des revues Global Fruit & Veg depuis 2006 en format PDF. Une newsletter en français est également disponible.
The Global Fruit and Veg Newsletter (GFVN) is a monthly newsletter published since 2006 * throughout more than 30 countries involved in the promotion of the consumption of fruit and vegetables worldwide to improve Public Health. The articles published are scientifically based and come from the literature review. Doing so allows us to disseminate the scientific knowledge outside the box and share the work with more than 10 000 readers from other disciplines (Scientists, health professionals, F&V professionals, consumer associations, journalists and general public). *GFVN replaces the Ifava Scientific Newsletter
« Effective behavioral strategies for children food choices »
Establishing positive eating habits from early childhood is not easy in a world in which negative food habit development is largely favoured by the environment. This fi eld has certainly grown during the last few years, however more data is still necessary in order to get positive and permanent eating habits. This issue welcomes three [...]
« An updating on Antioxidants and F&V consumption »
Ongoing studies continue to establish consensual relationships between diet and health with particular emphasis on the benefi cial role of fruits and vegetables (F&V) on decreasing risks of diverse pathologies (cancers, osteoporosis, glaucoma and obesity-related physiopathology) together with improvements of biological functions (vascular response, blood pressure, grip strength, immunity). F&V have been sequentially seen as [...]
« Food store environment in USA »
On the importance of community research… The basic rules of healthy diets are now reasonably well established. They are currently more and more promoted through improving consistent nutrition-health policies increasingly implemented throughout the world; and consistently again they fail to reach the population subgroups who would benefi t the most from following these basic rules. [...]
« Advertising for fruit and vegetables is globally inexistent »
Marketing of Foods: Opportunities for Fruits & Vegetables The foods that are advertised are certainly not the foods that people should eat; rather they are the “noncore” foods manufactured and marketed by large food companies. This sobering conclusion is evident in all three papers in this special issue. In the fi rst paper, Watson, Pettigrew, [...]
« Improving school meal: Effi cient way to increase F&V consumption in children »
Is it still possible to increase the fruits and vegetables consumption of children? It has been almost 15 years since the WHO highlighted the low levels of fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption in children. In 2003, only 17.6% of all European 11-year-olds attained the recommended 400 g/day. In 2004, a new strategy was adopted that [...]
« Vegetables and fruits - from latest science to policy in action »
There is strong evidence that vegetables, fruits and other foods containing dietary fi bre protect against a range of cancers as well as protecting against weight gain and obesity. Because of this one of the World Cancer Research Fund’s 10 Recommendations for Cancer Prevention is “Eat more of a variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, [...]
« F&V consumption and life expectancy in Europe »
Increase availability, affordability and consumption of fruit and vegetables Fruits and vegetables are key elements of a healthy diet, and intakes vary considerably between countries, refl ecting diverse economic, cultural and agricultural environments Fruit and vegetable and noncommunicable diseases Low fruit and vegetable intake is among the 10 risk factors contributing to mortality and morbidity, [...]