Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS): rationale and study design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is growing at an alarming rate in Latin America. Lifestyle behaviours such as physical activity and dietary intake have been largely associated with obesity in many countries; however studies that combine nutrition and physical activity assessment in representative samples of Latin American countries are lacking. The aim of this study is to present the design rationale of the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health/Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición y Salud (ELANS) with a particular focus on its quality control procedures and recruitment processes.

Methods/design

The ELANS is a multicenter cross-sectional nutrition and health surveillance study of a nationally representative sample of urban populations from eight Latin American countries (Argentina,

SUBMITTER: Fisberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736497 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature