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
« DIETARY BEHAVIOUR AND FRUIT & VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION »
A useful guiding principle in promoting behaviour change to improve metabolic health is to ‘Make the Healthy Option the Easy Option’. However, changing food behaviour habits is not easy, particularly if people feel they have to forego something they perceive to be very pleasant for something they initially think of as less pleasant. Moreover, healthy [...]
« MEASURES TO INCREASE F&V CONSUMPTION »
Increasing consumption in schools Good news. The Commission is proposing to reinforce the School Fruit Scheme (SFS). In its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2020 reform proposals, the Commission proposes to increase the European Union (EU) budget to €150 million and at the same time increase the co-financing rate (from 50/75% to 75/90%). The SFS is [...]
« EARLY EXPOSURE TO FRUIT AND VEGETABLES »
The focus of this month’s IFAVA Newsletter is fruit and vegetable (FV) exposure in the early years. In the light of evidence that food preferences and consumption patterns are developed in early childhood, and that the typical diet of pre-schoolers is less than optimal, it is vital that interventions begin early. Mary Kay Fox’s contribution [...]
« F&V CONSUMPTION AND BONE HEALTH »
Osteoporosis is recognized as a major public health problem and its incidence is very likely to be exacerbated in the coming years, owing to the lack of prophylactic agents. Therefore, there is an urgent need to provide validated new tools for healthcare professionals in order to delay metabolic and functional alterations of the skeleton. The [...]
« INTERVENTIONS AT WORKPLACE »
Health promotion at worksites can effectively increase intake of fruit and vegetables Bandoni and colleagues present an extensive intervention at twentynine worksites in Brazil, where they successfully increased the availability of fruit and vegetable by 49g per day. With a four stage ecological approach they developed a manual, involved the cafeteria managers in culinary workshops, [...]
« THE SOUTH AFRICA DILEMMA: MALNUTRITION AND OBESITY.
WHAT ABOUT VEGETABLES AND FRUIT? »
South African demographics include a mix of developed and developing communities, each with their own associated health problems and risk profiles. There are areas in which communities will increasingly suffer from noncommunicable diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Against this, the incidence of micro-nutrient malnutrition, stunting and even overt malnutrition will be [...]
« CHILDREN’S HEALTH IN CANADA »
While Canada is one of the world’s most prosperous nations, the health of our children is dismal: Canadian school-aged youth are among the most obese in the world (27 out of 29 developed nations). It is known that six in ten obese children have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and an additional [...]