Effects of fruit and vegetable intakes on direct and indirect health outcomes

​Gomes, F.S., Reynolds, A.N.

Effects of fruit and vegetable intakes on direct and indirect health outcomes

Background paper for the FAO/WHO international workshop on fruits and vegetables 2020

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 40 p.

Author Gomes, F.S., Reynolds, A.N.

Publisher FAO and PAHO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-134720-1

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This background paper summarizes the evidence on the effects of fruits and vegetable intakes on direct and indirect health outcomes. Modeling and observational research studies have reported benefits to sustainability outcomes and a reduction of inequities in food systems with the production of fruits and vegetables grown within agroecological systems and distributed through short supply chains. Such systems require protection from large-scale monocropping and industrial methods of food production and supply.

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Gomes, F.S. and Reynolds, A.N. 2021. Effects of fruits and vegetables intakes on direct and indirect health outcomes – Background paper for the FAO/WHO International Workshop on fruits and vegetables 2020. Rome, FAO and PAHO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb5727en

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