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
Recent news on the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC)
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been providing healthy food, breastfeeding support, referrals to health and social services, and nutrition education to income qualified families in the USA with nutritional needs for over 40 years. Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), WIC serves around 7 million [...]
General practitioners and health promotion
Hippocrate clearly stated that:« let food be your first medicine » The link between nutrition, physical activity and health is not challenged today. By improving lifestyle, cardiovascular disease risk can be reduced. Most epidemiological studies that analysed nutritional factors involved in non-communicable diseases prevention highlighted the importance of fruit and vegetables (F&V), both in prevention [...]
When french young general practitioners commit to healthy eathing
In France, patients usually come to their general practitioner (GP) with 2 or 3 motives during a consult. The average duration of a consultation is 15 minutes, in a fee-for-service context. While GPs are patients’ obvious points of contact for providing nutritional advice, they have little time to do so. We thought it would be [...]
Key role of general practitioners in health promotion
The primary care professional, - an agent for healthy eating? Health promotion is most often about making changes in the daily routine, in which eating habits often play a major role. There is a common understanding that a person’s eating habits reflect both societal factors and the individual context. The family doctor meets people at [...]
Tackling childhood obesity - how to make childhood lifestyle healthier?
The worldwide prevalence of obesity continues to rise in adults and children. Alarmingly, morbid obesity is the fastest growing subcategory of childhood obesity. Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity may be more effective if started early and if it is organized comprehensively. In this issue of the Global F&V Newsletter, colleagues from the European Childhood [...]
Need for food system change to modify consumption
Both global and local food systems, and the wider food environment, are key determinants of our diet and health. They not only determine our day-to-day food preferences but also shape our food preferences and habitual eating behaviour throughout our life. This makes behaviour change, be it for health or for sustainability, challenging. This is particularly [...]
Cruciferous vegetables intake & health benefits
There is significant evidence that increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables is of benefit for maintaining health and preventing a host of diseases. But are all fruit and vegetables equal? Cruciferous vegetables, which include amongst others broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, bok choy, kale, watercress, turnip and rocket, seem to be particularly standing out. Three summary reports [...]