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Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Around the World

As an initial activity, a meeting on fruit and vegetable production and consumption in relation to health promotion and NCD prevention was held in Geneva from 25 – 27 August 2003. Participants included nutrition scientists, the nutrition advisers of the WHO Regional Offices, experts from FAO, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and representatives from existing national programmes promoting fruit and vegetable consumption.

• Meeting report (.pdf, 342KB)

• Presentations

FACT SHEET ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Fruit, vegetables and NCD disease prevention

LINKS

Links to national programmes being conducted around the world to promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables

FAO Horticultural Crops Group

RELATED PRESS RELEASES

WHO and FAO announce a unified approach to promote fruit and vegetable consumption

WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization announced in November, 2003 that they would collaborate on a new initiative to promote production and consumption of fruit and vegetables. The goal is to both improve health and help prevent noncommunicable diseases, and to advance science in the areas of fruit and vegetable production, distribution, increased consumption, and benefits for health.
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WHO Press release: Symposium aims to expand 5 a day initiative to boost fruit and vegetable consumption

Press release from the WHO International Agency for Cancer Research on fruit and vegetable consumption and cancer prevention.
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