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
Dietary guidelines - are they in line with a sustainable diet ?
Food-based Dietary Guidelines are documents produced by policy makers that recommend how citizens should eat. Since the 1960s, Dietary Guidelines have become one of many dietary change tools in a food policy maker’s tool-kit. Tensions between health and sustainability in Dietary Guidelines have been discussed since the early 2010s. Review of national healthy and sustainable [...]
Nudges and food consumption behaviours
Recently, scholars from all over the world have been examining tools and methodologies to improve dietary intake among people to improve health and well-being. One of the most popular methodology is nudging, with various outcomes, based on the famous book by Thaler and Sunstein (2009). The theoretical and political philosophy concept that lies behind nudging [...]
Covid-19 and food consumption behaviors
Since January 2020, the world is facing a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Social distancing and individual isolation have been implemented in different phases and with variable levels of restriction as extreme measures to control, or at least attenuate the spread of the disease. [...]
Actions and interventions to increase fruit and vegetables consumption
2021, as the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables, represents explicit support of the highest level for the fruit and vegetable sector (F&V), and offers an unprecedented opportunity for entities around the world that work tirelessly to promote F&V consumption, improve food security and highlight the relevance of F&V in healthier and more sustainable food [...]
Food consumption and lifestyle trends
The adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors is programmed from an early age and extends into adolescence and young adulthood. Despite the importance of modifi able healthy dietary and lifestyle practices in mitigating noncommunicable diseases, there exists a limited understanding of population-level changes and current trends in food consumption and lifestyle behaviors in these populations. Understanding [...]
FRUIT & VEG 4 HEALTH PROGRAMME 2018 - 2020 Nutrition and health: from science to practice
The European programme “Fruit & Veg 4 Health - 2018-2020” aims to encourage the adoption of healthy eating practices by increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables. It is in direct response to community public health challenges and notably the European strategy of combatting health problems linked to nutrition, overweight and obesity. In a context [...]
Recent news on the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC)
The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked the global community to its core. The United States (U.S.) has suffered exponential losses for myriad of reasons, including policy failures and cultural conflicts. As with our global neighbors, many U.S. families have lost loved ones, livelihoods, and shelter, challenging their health, nutritional, and emotional stability. Among the programs that [...]