Your body is home to trillions of microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, and viruses, which live in various areas such ...

Obesity is a multifactorial, chronic, relapsing, non-communicable disease marked by an abnormal and/or excessive accumulation of body fat that presents a risk to health. It is well established that ...

Overweight and obesity both describe conditions of excessive body fat that presents a risk to health. 2 Excessive fat deposits increase our risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers, and ...

Brussels, October 29th, 2024 – The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) is excited to launch its Switch to Whole Grains campaign with the support of the Whole Grain Initiative. The science-backed ...

Healthy eating is a crucial part of keeping us healthy. For good health, we need more than 40 different nutrients, and no single food can supply them all - we need a wide variety of foods. Poor, ...

We aim to live a healthy life and it has become a hot topic of debate in the media and society to describe what healthy living is. Healthy living is having the opportunity, capability and motivation ...

Les contaminants sont des substances qui se retrouvent, involontairement, dans des denrées alimentaires et qui présentent un risque pour la santé animale ou humaine. Ils peuvent être de nature ...

Food choice refers to how people decide on what to buy and eat. A complex set of factors that vary from person to person and depend on culture, heritage and up-bringing all influence food choice. We ...

Obesity is a complex, multifactorial disease, defined as abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that poses a health risk. 1 It has been recognised as a major public health concern and a significant ...

Les pesticides sont utilisés pour repousser ou détruire les organismes nuisibles connus sous le nom de ravageurs afin de prévenir les maladies ou de protéger les plantes ou les produits végétaux ...

When are fruit and vegetables in season across Europe? EUFIC has created a pioneering tool for you to explore and follow a more sustainable diet. On the map you will see Europe’s six climatic regions.

Where do we go from here? When humans first became settled agriculturists and started to grow food for use all year round, we developed an intimate knowledge and a close involvement with the sources ...