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
« Food at home: a healthy way of eating »
Home food environment: a key to effective nutritional choices A healthful diet is associated with reduced-risk for overweight/obesity and related chronic diseases. The nutritional quality of the food choices people make is influenced by a multitude of factors, and food environment in the home has been shown to be of significant consequence in this regard. [...]
« Dietary patterns and cognitive decline »
Dealing with cognitive decline – a public health emergency in ageing populations The identification of effective preventive strategies to slow cognitive decline and postpone the diagnosis of dementia and its more frequent form, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has become a public health emergency in ageing populations throughout the world. Indeed, there is no etiological treatment for [...]
« Health promotion by new technologies: what works? »
As new technologies emerge there is optimism that some could be used effectively in health promotion. For example, a report by PricewaterhousCoopers outlines that the application of mHealth could save 99 billion in health care costs. A number of questions still remain however including how to best design and use the new technologies, and for [...]
« WIC : Latest advances »
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has just celebrated forty years of public health nutrition success since its bipartisan Congressional founding in 1974. A much studied program, WIC has repeatedly demonstrated the effective impacts on healthy birth outcomes and children’s preparedness for school. The science based review of the WIC [...]
« Recent studies on cancer and diet »
Based on impressive evidence, the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) recommends eating more vegetables and fruits (V&F) as part of a healthy diet to prevent various types of cancer. Evidence on the role of diet in cancer prognosis is still limited but there are three recent studies [...]
« 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 [...]