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
Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular diseases prevention
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Cancer is continuing to develop, but better preventive measures could slow it down and save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, especially in developing and emerging countries. That is, in essence, the key messages of the two lengthy reports made public on March 4th, 2020 [...]
Food environment and the impact on food consumption
Our obesogenic environment is tempting us to perform unhealthy behaviors, leading to overweight and obesity. This environment is a complex system of interactions between multiple environmental characteristics. As the level of urbanization is increasing, more individuals will be exposed to the same environment. This further endorses the relevance to better understand the relationship between the [...]
Food promotion research
Food marketing is omnipresent, affecting our dietary behavior in a significant and mostly negative way. The largest share of the food marketing budget is spent on energy-dense foods that are high in salt, sugar and fat. Many scholars agree that this has led to an obesogenic environment, which stimulates becoming overweight and obese. More importantly, [...]
Fruit and vegetable consumption and mental health
A large body of epidemiological and trial evidence supports the beneficial role of fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake in general wellbeing and prevention of major chronic diseases across several populations and age groups, including positive effects in the prevention and management of common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Epidemiological evidence on the potential [...]
Challenges and interventions to increase fruit and vegetables consumption
In order to design effective interventions and policy measures to increase fruit and vegetables (F&V) consumption in different populations, it is critical to know the perceptions and views held by members of the target groups. In this issue of the Global Fruit & Veg Newsletter, Howse and colleagues present a study exploring the experiences of [...]
Childhood Obesity: The ECOG Obesity EBook on Child and Adolescent Obesity
Child obesity is one of the most serious global public health challenges of the 21st century. During the last four decades, the number of school-age children and adolescents with obesity has risen more than 10-fold, from 11 million to 124 million in 2016. World Obesity Federation has estimated that some 280 million children (age 5-19y) will be living with [...]
Recent news on the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC)
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been providing healthy food, breastfeeding support, referrals to health and social services, and nutrition education to income qualified families in the USA with nutritional needs for over 40 years. Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), WIC serves around 7 million [...]