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

PLoS ONE, 2019

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

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, how-ever there is a lack of dietary intake data in LA countries.

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Micronutrients inadequacy in urban population of Costa Rica

Archivos Latinoamericanos en Nutrición, 2020

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

Micronutrient deficiencies are still very common in developing countries. In Costa Rica there is little information on micronutrients intake and the impact of food fortification.This study aimed to determine the contribution of food fortification to the total intake, and to estimate the risk of inadequate intake of vitamins and minerals in an urban Costa Rican population.

As a part of the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study, we analyzed data from a nationally representative sampleof 798 urban residents from Costa Rica (15-65 years old) whom provided two 24-h dietary recalls.

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Original research Socio-demographic patterning of self-reported physical activity and sitting time in Latin American countries: findings from ELANS

BMC Public Health, 2019

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

Low levels of physical activity (PA) and prolonged sitting time (ST) increase the risk of non-communicable diseases and mortality, and can be influenced by socio-demographic characteristics. The aim of this study was to use self-report data to characterise socio-demographic patterns of PA and ST in eight Latin American

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Overweight, obesity, physical activity levels, and self-esteem in Central American children: comparative analysis between countries

Retos, nuevas tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación, 2019

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

The purpose of this investigation was to explore the prevalence of overweight, obesity, physical activity levels, and self-esteem in Central American children, comparing them by gender and country. This comparative cross-sectional study used a random probabilistic conglomerate-based sampling technique, by which 5.291 students (52.3% girls and 47.7% boys) enrolled in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade from 73 schools in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama, with an average age of 10.90 ± 1.13 years old, were selected.

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Physical Activity Levels at School: Use of the System for Observing Play and Leisure Activity in Youth (SOPLAY)

Revista Educación, 2020

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

Different levels of physical activity were observed during recess among students at six public schools in the Costa Rican province of Heredia and recorded according to sex, school semester and schedule. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using the System for Observing Play and Leisure Activities (SOPLAY) in a sample group of 1098 schoolchildren. A descriptive and a non-parametric analysis of U-Mann Whitney was also used to compare two independent samples according to sex, school semester and schedule with a statistical criterion of p <0.05.

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