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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
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Cruciferous vegetables intake & health benefits
There is significant evidence that increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables is of benefit for maintaining health and preventing a host of diseases. But are all fruit and vegetables equal? Cruciferous vegetables, which include amongst others broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, bok choy, kale, watercress, turnip and rocket, seem to be particularly standing out. Three summary reports [...]![40 – February 2019](https://www.aprifel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/n°194-février-2019-971x510.jpg)
Diet quality and bone health
Strong bones to maintain mobility and independence While the social and economic burden of bone diseases is growing at an alarming rate, health professionals deplore the lack of prophylactic tools and the fact that less than 10% of women with fragility fractures receive any osteoporosis therapy due to several side effects. This is why they [...]![39 – January 2019](https://www.aprifel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/journee-mondiale-environnement-971x510.jpg)
FOOD NUTRITION QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The European Commission is committed to achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supporting their implementation by all players. Health and food-related goals are prominent in this global agenda and strengthening health and food systems is therefore key. The articles in this issue make an important contribution to the evidence base needed [...]![aprifel-list](https://www.aprifel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/aprifel-list.gif)
EGEA 2018
Nutrition and Health: from Science to Practice Statement and Awarded posters As the scientific coordinator of EGEA and of this newsletter, I am delighted to dedicate this edition of GFVN to the EGEA conference, which took place in Lyon from 7-9 November, 2018. This 8th EGEA conference, entitled “Nutrition & health: from science to practice”, [...]![aprifel-list](https://www.aprifel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/aprifel-list.gif)
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, F&V CONSUMPTION AND THE POWER OF EU POLICY TO PROMOTE BOTH
Despite dramatic progress in tackling premature deaths from heart disease and stroke in recent decades, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death and ill-health in the European Union (EU) – accounting for 1.8 million deaths every year (3.9 million deaths in the WHO European region)1. At a population level, dietary factors are by [...]![aprifel-list](https://www.aprifel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/aprifel-list.gif)
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) is designed to respond to the nutrition and health needs of low-income mothers and young children in the United States. WIC serves pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children up to age 5. In existence since 1975, the program currently serves nearly 7.3 million [...]![aprifel-list](https://www.aprifel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/aprifel-list.gif)
FIGHT AGAINST OBESITY
The importance of fruit and vegetable intake in a new context This month the focus is on the value of fruit and vegetable intake when combatting the remarkable increase in the global burden of obesity. This epidemic is already overwhelming lower income countries as well as the more affluent with escalating rates of diabetes and [...]![34 – July/August 2018](https://www.aprifel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/n°188-juillet-2018-971x510.jpg)