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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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Process guides to guarantee the safety of three Costa Rican artisanal dairy products

Digital Magazine Horizonte Lechero, 2020

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

An important part of Costa Rican dairy products manufactured in an artisanal way, as in other countries in the region and the Caribbean, are made in small processing plants located in rural areas, sometimes with a low level of technification and with some opportunities for improvement. in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). There is also little scientific information available to producers on the most critical practices that must be followed to guarantee the safety of the products.

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Socio-demographic patterning of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviours in eight Latin American countries: findings from the ELANS study

European Journal of Sport Science, 2019

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviours (SB) are two independent risk factors for non-communicable diseases. However, there is a lack of objectively measured information on PA and SB in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to use objective data to characterise socio-demographic patterns of PA and SB in eight Latin American countries. 2,732 participants (aged 15-65 years) from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) were included. PA and SB data were collected using accelerometers. Overall and country-specific average levels of time spent in PA and SB were compared by sex, age, socioeconomic and education level.

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Socio-demographic patterns of public, private and active travel in Latin America: Cross-sectional findings from the ELANS study

Journal of Transport & Health, 2020

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

Active travel such as walking or cycling has been associated with more favorable health outcomes. However, evidence on patterns of transportation in Latin America is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to quantify and characterice socio-demographic patterns of public, private and active travel in Latin American countries.

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Total and Added Sugar Intake: Assessment in Eight Latin American Countries

MDPI-Nutrients , 2018

  • ILSI Mesoamerica-EN

Non-communicable diseases are growing at an alarming rate in Latin America. We assessed total and added sugar intake in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, to verify the adequacy of the World Health Organization’s recommendations, considering gender, socioeconomic level  and age.

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