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A guideline for preventing falls among older adults.
Every year in France, one in three people over the age of 65 suffers a fall, which in some cases leads to a significant loss of independence. In collaboration with Belgium, Quebec, and...
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A program to prevent risks associated with chlordecone in Guadeloupe.
The "Community Gardens" program in Guadeloupe aims to inform and support families who maintain vegetable gardens that may be contaminated by the pesticide chlordecone, which was used...
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Community Gardens and Chlordecone in Martinique: Advice on Prevention
Like Guadeloupe, Martinique is implementing a "community garden" program to prevent residents from consuming food grown in gardens contaminated with the pesticide chlordecone....
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Air pollution: What are the health risks?
A presentation by D. ZMIROU of the Grenoble Faculty of Medicine on the health risks caused by air pollution. The main pollutants are described.
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Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination: Encouraging Results.
Initial assessment of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination promotion campaign conducted in 1990 at the request of the Ministry of Health by the CFES and the C.N.A.M., which...
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Awareness of nutritional guidelines among seventh-grade students in mainland France.
The guidelines that young adolescents are most familiar with are those related to fruits and vegetables, the meat-fish-egg group, and dairy products. However, most of them are unaware...
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Nutrition: Taking Decisive Action to Address This Major Public Health Challenge [Interview].
For Que Choisir, there are two key priorities: regulating food advertising aimed at children and requiring the industry to meet ambitious goals for improving nutritional quality.
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A nutrition education tool for people in vulnerable situations.
The Alimentation Atout Prix tool is used by social workers in their work—from cooking workshops to community gardens and food assistance programs. It is set to undergo an update and modernization.
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Individual determinants of physical activity: a review of the scientific literature.
Like other health-related behaviors, engaging in physical activity depends on both conscious, intentional processes and unconscious ones. The purpose of this article is to present the...
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Promoting physical activity: It’s time for policymakers to take action!
It is unrealistic to expect to increase a population’s physical activity by focusing solely on motivation. The key lies elsewhere: in supportive policies implemented at all levels—from...