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
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, [...]
The EGEA 2015 Statement
As Scientific Coordinator of this newsletter, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the first issue of the Global Fruit and Vegetable Newsletter. Scientific evidence is necessary for the development of effective and enforceable regulations and government policy. Since 2000, Aprifel has been providing literature monitoring and disseminating scientifi c information through its [...]
« Trends in food intake »
The Global Burden of Disease study showed that dietary factors such as low fruit and vegetable intakes are among the top five risk factors for poor health. Measuring dietary intake across countries, and monitoring changes over time is an important element in our understanding of the relationships between diet and health. In spite of the [...]
« Food at home: a healthy way of eating »
Home food environment: a key to effective nutritional choices A healthful diet is associated with reduced-risk for overweight/obesity and related chronic diseases. The nutritional quality of the food choices people make is influenced by a multitude of factors, and food environment in the home has been shown to be of significant consequence in this regard. [...]