The idea that people in rural areas can access high-quality food at a lower cost is quite widespread, thanks to local solidarity, proximity to farmland, or the ability to cultivate a...

Terres de Lorraine is breaking new ground with its "Dignity on Our Plates" initiative, which combines group purchasing from local farmers with shared community gardens on public land to...

Agricultural areas are not spared from environmental pollution. The PestiRiv study, conducted by Santé publique France and the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational...

The "My Nature School" project involves the renovation of Maxime-Marchand School, integrating the building, playgrounds, and surrounding environment. It is part of a health-promoting...

Rural communities often struggle to embrace the concept of health-promoting urban planning, as they are unfamiliar with the tools involved or find them difficult to implement. Yet this...

To round out this report, we have included a selection of resources organized as follows: an overview of current knowledge (reports, data, recommendations), practical guidance for action...

Alcohol is the first psychoactive substance that adolescents experiment with, before tobacco; experimentation with cannabis occurs later. Effective prevention strategies for young people...

According to the latest data from the Center for Epidemiology on Medical Causes of Death (CépiDc) at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), 8,948 suicide...

The French don't get enough sleep—that is the main finding of surveys conducted by INPES. According to a survey published by the Institute in March 2008, 45% of young adults (aged 25–45)...