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Organic Foods
July 1st, 2010 | 
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Organic, biologique English or in French. In Spanish, are called biological, ecological or organic and are synonyms that are used for food both health care consumers and the balance of the environment in which they occur.
In recent years there has been very popular so-called organic foods, demonstrating the interest of many people for positive change in food and lack of confidence in the safety and production of conventional food.
The expression “organic” those foods, vegetables and fruits in general than at any stage of production involved fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides, nor in the soil where they are grown.
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Public Health Challenges
Almost all population growth over the next 30 years will take place in urban areas, indicating that urbanization is a phenomenon that shows no signs of disappearing.
This phenomenon affects issues such as water, environment, violence and injuries, communicable diseases and risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical activity, harmful alcohol use and risks associated with disease outbreaks. Urbanization is a challenge for several reasons.
* Poor town who suffer disproportionately from many diseases and health problems, including increased risk of violence, and some chronic diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV / AIDS.
Biodiversity is Necessary for Global Health
The Laboratory for Tropical Crop Fruit Breeding and Biotechnology of the Plant Department of Biotechnics participate in a project to residents of developing countries to deliver food to all vital components. The emphasis is on improving the quality of traditional crops. Thus, both the use of (often expensive) food avoided. Secondly, within this approach to the conservation of biodiversity.
The Leuven researchers will focus more specifically focus on the role of the banana in a balanced diet. A particular banana variety with orange flesh from the south of the Pacific, for example, delivers all the daily per fruit vitamin A that a man needs. Bananas with improved nutrition are thus already a major step forward in need of some 400 million people in developing countries.