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

39 – January 2019
N°39 January 2019

FOOD NUTRITION QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

The European Commission is committed to achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supporting their implementation by all players. Health and food-related goals are prominent in this global agenda and strengthening health and food systems is therefore key. The articles in this issue make an important contribution to the evidence base needed [...]
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N°38 December 2018

EGEA 2018

Nutrition and Health: from Science to Practice Statement and Awarded posters As the scientific coordinator of EGEA and of this newsletter, I am delighted to dedicate this edition of GFVN to the EGEA conference, which took place in Lyon from 7-9 November, 2018. This 8th EGEA conference, entitled “Nutrition & health: from science to practice”, [...]
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N°37 November 2018

CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, F&V CONSUMPTION AND THE POWER OF EU POLICY TO PROMOTE BOTH

Despite dramatic progress in tackling premature deaths from heart disease and stroke in recent decades, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death and ill-health in the European Union (EU) – accounting for 1.8 million deaths every year (3.9 million deaths in the WHO European region)1. At a population level, dietary factors are by [...]
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N°36 October 2018

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) is designed to respond to the nutrition and health needs of low-income mothers and young children in the United States. WIC serves pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children up to age 5. In existence since 1975, the program currently serves nearly 7.3 million [...]
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N°35 September 2018

FIGHT AGAINST OBESITY

The importance of fruit and vegetable intake in a new context This month the focus is on the value of fruit and vegetable intake when combatting the remarkable increase in the global burden of obesity. This epidemic is already overwhelming lower income countries as well as the more affluent with escalating rates of diabetes and [...]
34 – July/August 2018
N°34 July 2018

Importance of involving children in the different steps of meal preparation

Children’s nutrition education is one of the main tools to improving their health. However, what is and what is not nutrition education is still quite confused. Nutrition education is not teaching children the nutrient content of different foods. Children don’t have control of their behaviours to let this issue drive their decisions, and overall in [...]
33 – June 2018
N°33 June 2018

Healthy food and their anti-inflammatory properties

Foods that fight inflammation Doctors are learning that one of the best ways to quell inflammation lies not in the medicine cabinet, but in the refrigerator. Your immune system becomes activated when your body recognizes anything that is foreign - such as an invading microbe, plant pollen, or chemical. This often triggers a process called [...]
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N°32 May 2018

Type 2 diabetes: importance of F&V

Fresh fruit and vegetables – underused option for prevention and “treatment” of type 2 diabetes Three summary reports in this issue emphasize the benefit of fresh fruit and vegetables (F&V) in the prevention and “treatment” of type 2 diabetes. Franziska Jannasch and co-authors summarize the main results of their systematic review and meta-analysis on different [...]
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N°31 April 2018

F&V to prevent allergy and asthma

Numerous environmental factors can be instrumental in the onset of allergic conditions such as asthma or eczema. While tobacco and other pollutants are well-identified factors, the role of food is not as well known. The first article is from a recent review conducted by an Australian team detailing literature on the consumption of fruit and [...]