Global F&V Newsletter
The Global Fruit and Veg Newsletter (GFVN) is a monthly newsletter published since 2006 * throughout more than 30 countries involved in the promotion of fruit and vegetables consumption 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, fruit and vegetable professionals, consumer associations, journalists and general public).
*GFVN replaces the Ifava Scientific Newsletter
Diet quality in the early years
A good way to represent ‘health’ in a picture is to use a mosaic. From far away you can see the whole image, but up close you see that the image is made up of many tiles. This example shows the complex nature of health; it is the result of many ‘tiles’ including good nutrition, [...]
Food labeling
Gradation of solutions in food labelling? The increased burden of obesity and other diet-related diseases all around the world, concomitant with the industrialization and globalization of the food chain, pushed many public health authorities to regulating the information delivered to the final consumer through food labelling, at least for pre-packed foods. The three papers in [...]
Obesogenic environment: origin and consequences
This month’s edition highlights the extraordinary and relatively recent changes in food habits across the Western World which inevitably increase the risk of obesity and other disabilities for the majority of our populations. Three countries are highlighted – Australia, Germany and Norway – which have very different economies, indigenous foods and political processes for dealing [...]
F&V consumption and weight change
The World F&V Day : October 14th ,2016 In 2012, in presence of representatives from FAO, PAHO and Ministry of health of Colombia, AIAM5 - the Global Alliance for the Promotion of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption «5 a day»- agreed in Cali (Colombia), to celebrate every year the World Fruit and Vegetables Day. This day [...]
Eating healthier in the US restaurants
America is in an exciting era of change focused on health, well-being and “doing good” – and the nation’s restaurants and chefs are playing a leading role by rising to the opportunity of creating enticing menu items with health and taste in mind. Consumer demand for colorful, plant-based restaurant cuisine is gaining popularity, casting a [...]
F&V consumption and differences across countries
The World Health Organization has long advocated for the increased consumption of fruit, vegetables, pulses and wholegrains, and recommends that they form the central basis of a healthy diet. However, we know that many people across the world do not consume the recommended 400 grams (or 5 portions) of fruit and vegetables per day – [...]
Health benefits of F&V consumption A worldwide
The societal burden of disease due to the epidemic of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity and cognitive decline – the latter in the more and more senile societies - may be contained by dietary lifestyle based on fruit and vegetables. The picture of the evidence concerning the favorable effect on health associated with fruit and vegetables [...]