The Less Salt, More Life program was the first voluntary salt reduction initiative in Argentina. This article analyzes the perspectives of the stakeholders involved in this voluntary agreement between the Ministry of Health ...

La información presentada en este informe es parte de un estudio de investigación cualicuantitativo realizado por el equipo del área de Políticas de Alimentación Saludable de la Fundación Interamericana del Corazón Argentina ...

Objectives 1. To analyze and describe the current regulatory framework, the main stakeholders involved in the regulation of food advertising and to detect potential obstacles, challenges and enablers in the promotion of ...

Objective To estimate the effect of increased sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption on future adult obesity prevalence in South Africa in the absence of preventive measures. Design A model was constructed to simulate ...

Marketing of products that contribute to obesity is common in urban Soweto. This is the first study in South Africa to document the location of billboard advertisements and vendors in relation to schools. The study findings ...

Obesity is a major risk factor for emerging non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in middle income countries including South Africa (SA). Understanding the multiple and complex determinants of obesity and their population-attributable ...

Type 2 diabetes poses an increasing public health burden in South Africa (SA) with obesity as the main driver of the epidemic. Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is linked to weight gain, and reducing SSB ...