Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries

To raise awareness among policymakers and health practitioners about unhealthy diets, this document examines dietary patterns in selected Latin American countries using household surveys. The analysis shows that a large percentage of households in the countries examined have inadequate diets. Not on...

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Main Authors:	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia, Marcano Vázquez, Luis T., Sierra, Ricardo, Aldana, Úrsula
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	adolescents Aging Agriculture animal fats animal protein ascorbic acid baked goods beef beverages bottles bran bread breakfast cereals breastfeeding butter Ca caffeine Calcium caloric intake Calorie Intake canned foods Carbohydrate carbohydrates cardiovascular diseases cheese child malnutrition chronic malnutrition COMMUNICABLE DISEASES complex carbohydrates Consumption Quintiles consumption threshold cost-effectiveness cream daily calories daily expenditure on food dairies dairy demand for food diabetes diet dietary changes Dietary Fiber dietary habits DIETARY PATTERNS dietary Sugars diets disability adjusted life years eggs fats Folic acid food availability food components food composition food consumption food expenditures food industry food intake food preparation food service Food supply foods Fruit fruits grains health care health status high blood pressure Household Budget household income Human Development Hypertension ice income distribution Income growth income inequality income quintile injuries intervention iron iron deficiency labeling leisure time lipids liquor living conditions Living Standards low birth weight maize margarine marketing meal meat meats micronutrients milk Minerals Non-Alcoholic Beverages nutrient Nutrition nutrition surveys nuts obesity pasta per capita consumption physical activity poorer households Potassium potatoes poverty incidence Pregnant Women prepared foods processed foods Protein proteins regional study restaurants Rice Risk Factors Rural Areas school health snacks sodium soft drinks starches sub-region Sucrose Sugar sugars supermarkets sweeteners tubers vegetable oils vegetable proteins vegetables violence Vitamin Vitamin A Vitamin B Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K vitamins weight gain
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