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
« Update on Diet and Asthma »
Asthma is a common chronic disease, affecting 1 in 20 people in the world. Asthma was ranked in the recent Global Burden of Disease as the 28th cause of disability-adjusted life years. Asthma is considered to be due to a complicated interplay of genetic and environmental factors. A frequently-cited possible cause of the asthma epidemic [...]
« WIC: Latest advances »
The United States Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – WIC – is accessed nationally through 10,000 WIC clinics and serves nearly nine million mothers and young children, including 53% of all infants and 25% of children one to five years of age. Quality nutrition services are WIC’s centerpiece: nutrition and breastfeeding [...]
« Cooking skills: a tool for a healthy diet »
Cooking and chefs have never been more popular. Both are making headlines in magazines, television and the internet. They are everywhere and chefs are starting to become real superstars!!! The message given is that we should take pleasure in cooking every day, and therefore chefs face a greater challenge. Education in healthy eating! In earlier [...]
« HEALTH FOOD CONSUMPTION AND STRATEGIES FOR PRACTITIONERS »
Delivering effective nutritional messages without increasing workloads! General practitioners are on the front line in managing chronic disorders related to lifestyle, such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. Patients and physicians are aware that nutrition plays a key role in care management. Analyzing a patient’s eating habits, offering appropriate nutritional counseling and evaluating the resulting [...]
« HOW TRANSLATE FRUIT & VEGETABLES BENEFICIAL ASSETS INTO EFFICIENT CONSUMPTION PRACTICE ? »
As emphasized in Walter Willett's article, fruit and vegetables are a crucial component of a healthy diet designed to improve long-term health. Their daily consumption is highly recommended across all dietary guidelines to prevent non communicable diseases. Obviously, distilling this information to practical advice on healthy eating represents a major challenge. Despite a large body [...]
« FRUIT & VEGETABLES INTAKE IN OLDER ADULTS »
Nutrition and physical activity (PA) play a central role in healthy aging and the prevention of chronic illness, especially cardiovascular diseases. As part of our lifestyle choices, nutrition and PA can be changed and should therefore form an essential part of prevention policies directed towards the elderly. Fruit and vegetables (F&V) contain many antioxidants such [...]
« BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS IN ADOLESCENTS »
Adolescence is a critical time for growth and development. Historically, adolescents generally have very poor diets and low levels of physical activity, which have been associated with increased risk of overweight/obesity and other health problems during adolescence and through adulthood. Healthy behaviors during adolescence can set the stage for positive life-long behaviors and the prevention [...]