Latin American consumption of major food groups: Results from the ELANS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Latin American (LA) region is still facing an ongoing epidemiological transition and shows a complex public health scenario regarding non-communicable diseases (NCDs). A healthy diet and consumption of specific food groups may decrease the risk of NCDs, however there is a lack of dietary intake data in LA countries.

Objective

Provide updated data on the dietary intake of key science-based selected food groups related to NCDs risk in LA countries.

Design

ELANS (Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health) is a multicenter cross-sectional study assessing food consumption from an urban sample between15 to 65 years old from 8 LA countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). Two 24-HR were obtained from 9,218 indi

SUBMITTER: Kovalskys I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6932811 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature