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
Special WIC A worldwide
USA’s WIC Program Invests in Healthier Nutrition for Low-Income Families Nutritious foods, nutrition and breastfeeding education, and improved healthcare access for low and moderate income women and young children with, or at risk of developing, nutrition-related health problems, are the core focus for WIC services -- the USA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, [...]
School food options to increase vegetable consumption
Increasing children’s fruit and vegetables intake is a significant goal of paediatricians, nutritionists, and public health experts. However this goal is not easy to reach, due to a strong obesogenic environment in which children are submerged even at home and at school. Children are bombarded by junk food advertising, through their parents’ “life rush” driving [...]
Bioactive components in F&V
Plant dietary products are rich in numerous vital micronutrients- vitamins and mineralsand bioactive compounds, such as carotenoids and polyphenols. Their consumption, associated to a better lifestyle, contributes to the well-being and prevention of chronic diseases. In this series, a focus is done by Prof. Shashirekha on polyphenols, which are particularly abundant in fruits and vegetables. [...]
Healthy eating
Childhood obesity has become a major public health concern: in 2014, 18 to 50% of European children (6-9 years) were overweight or obese. Many actions are conducted, particularly in schools, in order to contrast this situation. Nutritional education is useful for knowledge acquisition but much less for behavioural change; however, it can be effective when [...]
Food regulation and F&V promotion in Brazil
This Global F&V Newsletter features Brazil’s new dietary guideline role on promoting fruits and vegetables highlighting some key principles and perspectives adopted by the guideline to promote fruits and vegetables among other real foods. The Guideline was designed for the Brazilian population, but has achieved a global recognition as a reference of meals-based guidelines, moving [...]
F&V benefits: new data
Lesser known benefits from fruits and vegetables: new data and research findings! Benefits from regular consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) in the prevention of many chronic diseases are now well documented. This new Global Fruit and Veg newsletter focuses on some lesser known health F&V benefits. First, Neville and Woodside investigated the relationship between [...]
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in USA & Healthy eating
US Efforts to Boost Fruit/Veg Purchase through SNAP These papers illustrate three barriers to Fruit and Vegetable (F&V) access that depress consumption among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. There are proven-effective strategies that can help close that gap. Laska shows that access to healthy foods, especially F&V, is a persistent problem in many small, [...]