Contribution of food groups to energy, grams and nutrients-to-limit: the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health/Estudio Latino Americano de Nutricion y Salud (ELANS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the energy, nutrients-to-limit and total gram amount consumed and identify their top food sources consumed by Latin Americans.

Design

Data from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS).

Setting

ELANS is a cross-sectional study representative of eight Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

Participants

Two 24-h dietary recalls on non-consecutive days were used to estimate usual dietary intake of 9218 participants with ages between 15-65 years. 'What We Eat in America' food classification system developed by United States Department of Agriculture was adapted and used to classify all food items consumed by the ELANS population. Food sources of energy, added sugar

SUBMITTER: Fisberg RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195593 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature