Diet, fruit and vegetables and One Health: benefits for health, environment, society and the consumer-proceedings of the 9th edition of EGEA conference

Nathalie Komati¹, Elio Riboli², Joël Dore³, Emma Boyland⁴, Jean-Pierre Cravedi⁵, Frans Folkvord⁶, Jean-Michel Lecerf⁷, Françoise Lescourret⁸, Alain Peeters⁹, Christian Reynolds¹⁰, Benjamin Alles¹¹, Marie-Josèphe Amiot¹², Philippe Binard¹³, Nathalie Delzenne¹⁴, Nita Forouhi¹⁵, Céline Giner¹⁶, Boitshepo Giyose¹⁷, Carmen Gloria Gonzalez¹⁸, Marc J Gunter², Rémi Kahane¹⁹, Anna Herforth²⁰, Roel Hermans²¹, Diego S Intrigliolo²², Giuseppe Montanaro²³, Davide Neri²⁴, Sophie Nicklaus²⁵, Pilar Santacoloma²⁶, Daniel Sauvaitre²⁷, Marc-André Selosse^{28

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30}, Tim Smits³¹, Saverio Stranges^{32

33}, David Thivel^{34

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36}, Piedad Coscollá Toledo³⁷, Machteld Van Lieshout³⁸, W M Monique Verschuren^{39

40}, Kremlin Wickramasinghe⁴¹, Gertrude Zeinstra⁴², Claire Chambrier⁵, Johanna Calvarin⁵, Delphine Tailliez⁵

Affiliations

¹ The Agency for Research and Information on Fruit and Vegetables (APRIFEL), Paris, France. n.komati@aprifel.com.
² Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK.
³ MetaGenoPolis, Micalis, INRAE, Agroparistech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Eleanor Rathbone Building, Bedford Street South, Liverpool, L69 7ZA, UK.
⁵ The Agency for Research and Information on Fruit and Vegetables (APRIFEL), Paris, France.
⁶ Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
⁷ Nutrition and Physical Activity Department, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.
⁸ INRAE, PSH, 228 Route de l'Aérodrome, 84914, Avignon, France.
⁹ Agroecology Europe and Terres Vivantes, Corbais, Belgium.
¹⁰ Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London, London, UK.
¹¹ Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN), INSERM U1153, INRAE U1125, CNAM, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Epidemiology and Statistics Research Centre, University of Paris Cité (CRESS), Bobigny, France.
¹² MoISA, CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
¹³ Freshfel Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁴ Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain UCLouvain, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
¹⁵ MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
¹⁶ Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France.
¹⁷ African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), FAO, Midrand, South Africa.
¹⁸ Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹⁹ HortSys CIRAD, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
²⁰ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
²¹ LeefstijlLab, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
²² Desertification Research Center (CIDE), (CSIC-UV-GVA), Carretera CV 315, Km 10,7, 46113, Moncada, Valencia, Spain.
²³ University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
²⁴ Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
²⁵ Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne, 21000, Dijon, France.
²⁶ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food and Nutrition Division, Viale Delle Terme de Caracalla, Rome, Italy.
²⁷ Association Nationale Pommes Poires, Toulouse, France.
²⁸ Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, CP 39, 57 Rue Cuvier, F-75005, Paris, France.
²⁹ Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland.
³⁰ Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.
³¹ Institute for Media Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leuven University, Louvain, Belgium.
³² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³³ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³⁴ Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise Under Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P), UPR 3533, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
³⁵ Observatoire National de l'Activité Physique et de la Sédentarité (ONAPS), Faculty of Medicine, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
³⁶ International Research Chair Health in Motion, Clermont Auvergne University Foundation, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
³⁷ Anecoop, Valencia, Spain.
³⁸ Research Group Healthy Lifestyle in a Supporting Environment, Centre of Expertise Health Innovation, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Hague, The Netherlands.
³⁹ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
⁴⁰ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁴¹ World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴² Food, Health and Consumer Research Group, Wageningen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 40042527
PMCID: PMC11882631
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-025-03610-3

Diet, fruit and vegetables and One Health: benefits for health, environment, society and the consumer-proceedings of the 9th edition of EGEA conference

Nathalie Komati et al. Eur J Nutr. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 5;64(3):108.

doi: 10.1007/s00394-025-03610-3.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Agency for Research and Information on Fruit and Vegetables (APRIFEL), Paris, France. n.komati@aprifel.com.
² Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK.
³ MetaGenoPolis, Micalis, INRAE, Agroparistech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Eleanor Rathbone Building, Bedford Street South, Liverpool, L69 7ZA, UK.
⁵ The Agency for Research and Information on Fruit and Vegetables (APRIFEL), Paris, France.
⁶ Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
⁷ Nutrition and Physical Activity Department, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.
⁸ INRAE, PSH, 228 Route de l'Aérodrome, 84914, Avignon, France.
⁹ Agroecology Europe and Terres Vivantes, Corbais, Belgium.
¹⁰ Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London, London, UK.
¹¹ Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN), INSERM U1153, INRAE U1125, CNAM, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Epidemiology and Statistics Research Centre, University of Paris Cité (CRESS), Bobigny, France.
¹² MoISA, CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
¹³ Freshfel Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁴ Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain UCLouvain, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
¹⁵ MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
¹⁶ Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France.
¹⁷ African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), FAO, Midrand, South Africa.
¹⁸ Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹⁹ HortSys CIRAD, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
²⁰ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
²¹ LeefstijlLab, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
²² Desertification Research Center (CIDE), (CSIC-UV-GVA), Carretera CV 315, Km 10,7, 46113, Moncada, Valencia, Spain.
²³ University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
²⁴ Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
²⁵ Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne, 21000, Dijon, France.
²⁶ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food and Nutrition Division, Viale Delle Terme de Caracalla, Rome, Italy.
²⁷ Association Nationale Pommes Poires, Toulouse, France.
²⁸ Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, CP 39, 57 Rue Cuvier, F-75005, Paris, France.
²⁹ Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland.
³⁰ Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.
³¹ Institute for Media Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Leuven University, Louvain, Belgium.
³² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³³ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³⁴ Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise Under Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P), UPR 3533, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
³⁵ Observatoire National de l'Activité Physique et de la Sédentarité (ONAPS), Faculty of Medicine, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
³⁶ International Research Chair Health in Motion, Clermont Auvergne University Foundation, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
³⁷ Anecoop, Valencia, Spain.
³⁸ Research Group Healthy Lifestyle in a Supporting Environment, Centre of Expertise Health Innovation, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Hague, The Netherlands.
³⁹ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
⁴⁰ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁴¹ World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴² Food, Health and Consumer Research Group, Wageningen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 40042527
PMCID: PMC11882631
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-025-03610-3

Abstract

Purpose: To present the outcomes of the EGEA Conference on the state of knowledge regarding the contribution of diets rich in fruit and vegetables (FV) to human and planetary health, commonly included in the One Health concept.

Methods: The 9th edition of EGEA Conference (20-22 September 2023, Barcelona) provided a transversal and multidisciplinary perspective on the contribution of FV to One Health, in particular to the health of individuals, society and the planet. Nearly 150 international scientists and stakeholders discussed the current state of knowledge. These proceedings are based both on a literature review and the scientific studies presented by the speakers.

Results: Scientific evidence confirms the role of FV in preventing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes; more evidence is needed on the effects and mechanisms of FV in cancer prevention. FV production and consumption helps ensure territorial cohesion and provides a denser, nutrient-rich diet with less environmental impact (except water use) than other food groups, but use of synthetic pesticides in FV production remains a challenge that could be addressed with agro-ecological solutions. Various factors influence consumer choice and behaviour towards FV consumption across the lifespan, with specific periods being more conducive to change. New research is emerging on the role of FV consumption in regulating gut microbiota and on both mental and brain health; the potential role of FV production and supply in tackling biodiversity loss and climate change; and better monitoring of FV consumption.

Conclusion: Sufficient evidence confirms the contribution of diet rich in FV to One Health, with some emerging research on this topic. Concerted actions are required towards an increased consumption of FV and a more diversified and environmentally neutral FV production.

Keywords: Food behaviour; Fruit and vegetable; Human health; One Health; Policies; Sustainability.

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