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Relationship between smoking and health and education spending in Chile

Paraje, Guillermo; Araya, Daniel (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd / Tab Control, 2017-09)

Objective: To estimate the degree to which tobacco consumption is associated with spending on a set of goods and services in Chile, especially health and education, for the total population as well as for specific subgroups.
Contenido de azúcares en bebidas no alcohólicas comercializadas en Argentina y Costa Rica

Tiscornia, María Victoria; Heredia-Blonval, Katrina; Allemandi, Lorena; Blanco-Metzler, Adriana; Ponce, Miguel (Dirección de Investigación para la Salud, 2017-03)

INTRODUCCIÓN: El consumo de bebidas azucaradas está vinculado con un mayor riesgo de obesidad. OBJETIVOS: Comparar el contenido de azúcares declarado en el etiquetado nutricional de diferentes bebidas no alcohólicas ...
Analysis of a voluntary initiative to reduce sodium in processed and ultra-processed food products in Argentina : the views of public and private sector representatives

Castronuovo, Luciana; Allemandi, Lorena; Tiscornia, Victoria; Champagne, Beatriz; Campbell, Norm; Schoj, Veronica (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2017)

This study is part of a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative research strategy to monitor sodium reduction policies in Argentina. The qualitative study design aims to contribute to the body of research in the public ...
Effects of licensed characters on children's taste and snack preferences in Guatemala, a low/middle income country

Letona, P.; Chacon, V.; Roberto, C.; Barnoya, J. (Macmillan Publishers, 2014-03)

BACKGROUND: Marketing of high-energy, low-nutrient foods is one of the contributing factors to the obesity-promoting environment. Licensed characters are typically used to market these foods to children because they ...
Child-oriented marketing techniques in snack food packages in Guatemala

Chacon, Violeta; Letona, Paola; Barnoya, Joaquin (BioMed Central, 2013)

The study assesses availability of child-oriented snack foods in school kiosks and convenience stores near public schools in Guatemala, and identifies marketing techniques used in packaging. Evidence-based policies restricting ...
Projected impact of a sodium consumption reduction initiative in Argentina : an analysis from the CVD policy model - Argentina

Konfino, Jonatan; Mekonnen, Tekeshe A.; Coxson, Pamela G.; Ferrante, Daniel; Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten (PLOS, 2013-09)

Sodium reduction policies targeting processed foods were implemented in 2011 in Argentina. The impact of the Argentinean initiative to reduce sodium consumption should substantially reduce mortality and morbidity from ...
Avances en la reducción del consumo de sal y sodio en Costa Rica

Blanco-Metzler, Adriana; de los Angeles Montero Campos, María; Núñez-Rivas, Hilda; Gamboa-Cerda, Cecilia; Sánchez, Germana (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

En el presente artículo se describen los avances logrados en Costa Rica -así como los desafíos y limitaciones- en la reducción del consumo de sal. El establecimiento del Plan Nacional para la Reducción del Consumo de ...
Systematic review of studies comparing 24-hour and spot urine collections for estimating population salt intake

Chen Ji; Sykes, Lindsay; Paul, Christina; Dary, Omar; Legetic, Branka; Campbell, Norm R.C.; Cappuccio, Francesco P. (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

OBJECTIVE: To examine the usefulness of urine sodium (Na) excretion in spot or timed urine samples to estimate population dietary Na intake relative to the gold standard of 24-hour (h) urinary Na. METHODS: An electronic ...
Progress toward sodium reduction in the United States

Levings, Jessica; Cogswell, Mary; Curtis, Christine J.; Gunn, Janelle; Neiman, Andrea; Angell, Sonia Y. (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

The average adult in the United States of America consumes well above the recommended daily limit of sodium. Average sodium intake is about 3 463 mg/day, as compared to the 2010 dietary guidelines for Americans recommendation ...
Reducing salt intake to prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease

He, Feng J.; Campbell, Norm R.C.; MacGregor, Graham A. (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

The Pan American Health Organization–WHO Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction produced a policy statement out lining the recommendations for a population-based approach ...
Iniciativas desenvolvidas no Brasil para a redução do teor de sódio em alimentos processados

Nilson, Eduardo Augusto Fernandes; Jaime, Patrícia Constante; de Oliveira Resende, Denise (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

A construção de estratégias para a redução do teor de sódio em alimentos processados faz parte de um conjunto de iniciativas para diminuir o consumo desse nutriente no Brasil - dos atuais 12 g de sal por pessoa ao dia para ...
Need for coordinated programs to improve global health by optimizing salt and iodine intake

Campbell, Norm R.C.; Dary, Omar; Cappuccio, Francesco P.; Neufeld, Lynnette M.; Harding, Kim B.; Zimmermann, Michael B. (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

High dietary salt is a major cause of increased blood pressure, the leading risk for death worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that salt intake be less than 5 g/day, a goal that only a small ...
Relación costo-utilidad de la disminución del consumo de sal y su efecto en la incidencia de enfermedades cardiovasculares en Argentina

Daniel Ferrante; Jonatan Konfino; Raúl Mejía; Pamela Coxson; Andrew Moran; Lee Goldman; Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

OBJETIVO: Estimar la relación costo-utilidad de una intervención dirigida a reducir el consumo de sal en la dieta de personas mayores de 35 años en Argentina. MÉTODOS: La intervención consistió en reducir entre 5% y 25% ...
Consumer attitudes, knowledge, and behavior related to salt consumption in sentinel countries of the Americas

Moreira Claro, Rafael; Linders, Hubert; Zancheta Ricardo, Camila; Legetic, Branka; Campbell, Norm R.C. (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

OBJECTIVE: To describe individual attitudes, knowledge, and behavior regarding salt intake, its dietary sources, and current food-labeling practices related to salt and sodium in five sentinel countries of the Americas. ...
Conocimientos, percepciones y comportamientos relacionados con el consumo de sal, la salud y el etiquetado nutricional en Argentina, Costa Rica y Ecuador

Sánchez, Germana; Peña, Lorena; Varea, Soledad; Mogrovejo, Patricia; Goetschel, María Lorena (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

OBJETIVO: Identificar los conocimientos, percepciones y comportamientos relacionados con el consumo de la sal y el sodio alimentarios y su relación con la salud y el etiquetado nutricional de los alimentos, en tres países ...
Iniciativas para reducir la sal alimentaria en la Región de las Américas

Campbell, Norm R.C.; Correa-Rotter, Ricardo; Legowski, Barbara; Legetic, Branka (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)
Efforts to reduce dietary salt in the Americas

Campbell, Norm R.C.; Correa-Rotter, Ricardo; Legowski, Barbara; Legetic, Branka (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

Programs that lower dietary salt intake are estimated to be among the most effective at decreasing the rates of death and disability and among the most cost-effective in improving population health. This is an introduction ...
Reducción de la ingesta de sodio en las Américas : un imperativo de salud pública

Barquera, Simón; Appel, Lawrence J. (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)
Reduction of sodium intake in the Americas : a public health imperative

Barquera, Simón; Appel, Lawrence J. (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, 2012)

The nine papers included in this special issue are of direct relevance to public health efforts designed to reduce sodium intake in the Americas. This two-page article is an introduction to the papers which provide an ...
Radiografía del tabaquismo en Argentina : muerte, enfermedad y costos atribuibles al tabaco para el año 2013

Pichon-Riviere, Andres; Alcaraz, Andrea; Bardach, Ariel; Augustovski, Federico; Caporale, Joaquin; Caccavo, Francisco (Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IEC), Buenos Aires, AR, 2013-05)

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