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
Nutrition and Eye Health
Despite being an extremely active field of research, ocular nutrition remains relatively unknown to both health professionals and patients. Downie et al. have shown that patients have high expectations when it comes to getting advice on their diet. Opticians appear to be good people to talk to on the topic. Physiopathological and epidemiological data has [...]
Healthy Diet and Pregnancy
Is the focus on proper nutrition during pregnancy a recent concept? Actually, not at all. Even in the Old Testament in the book of Judges, chapter 13, we find a description of the first prenatal visit. Manoach’s wife was sterile and did not have any children. The angel of the Lord appeared to her and [...]
Physicians facing the challenge of nutrition
Though there is a general consensus that the success of a nutrition policy strongly relies on the improvement in the food environment, this should not lead to abandon any effort to improve consumer awareness, knowledge and understanding of nutrition. The papers in this issue clearly show that this is still a challenge for physicians and [...]
Social approaches to promote F&V consumption
There is a current consensus in the world today on the protective effect of fruit and vegetables consumption on most of the diseases that affect us, especially cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes. In spite of this knowledge, consumption remains low. To address this situation, new strategies are required to encourage fruit and vegetables consumption [...]
Food preferences A worldwide shared newsletter
Genetic and environmental influences both play a role in food preferences in adolescence The formation of food preferences in children and adolescents is a complex process with both genetic and environmental factors at play. This edition of The Global Fruit and Veg Newsletter offers three viewpoints examining the role of genetics in shaping food preferences [...]
The updated healthy nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children - WIC
WIC – the USA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children has been providing healthy food, breastfeeding support, referrals to health and social services, and nutrition education to vulnerable income qualified American families with nutritional needs for over 40 years. The program, administered by the United States Department of Agriculture, serves around 7.5 [...]
Barriers to F&V consumption A worldwide
Average intake of fruit and vegetables is, in Europe and North America, still below recommended levels. In addition, averages hide the disparities within a country, particularly with regard to an intake gradient according to socio-economic level. Knowing this, it is helpful to explain why individuals do not follow recommendations. The articles presented in this edition [...]