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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spelling	okr-10986-161032021-04-23T14:03:27Z Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia Marcano Vázquez, Luis T. Sierra, Ricardo Aldana, Úrsula 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 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 only are calorie intakes higher than recommended to maintain a healthy weight, but the diets are also rich in fats, particularly saturated fats, sugars and sodium, and poor in fruits and vegetables. These unhealthy diets are present in both rural and urban areas and in households at different income levels. These dietary patterns are likely to increase the risks for developing non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, certain types of cancer, and diabetes mellitus. These diseases are increasingly representing the main causes of death and disability in Latin America, and thus there is an urgent need to increase efforts to promote healthy diets. There are cost-effective interventions that have proven to improve diets, particularly to reduce sodium and trans fat intake, and there are promising examples in the region of the implementation of some of these cost-effective interventions. In addition, given the harmful effects of these dietary patterns, it is important to monitor the prevalence of unhealthy diets across different population groups as well as the intermediate risks factors linked to these diets, such as overweight and obesity, high blood pressure, and high fasting glucose in the blood. This will require better information than what is currently available and information that is comparable across time. 2013-10-08T19:09:01Z 2013-10-08T19:09:01Z 2013-03 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16103 en_US HNP Discussion Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia Marcano Vázquez, Luis T. Sierra, Ricardo Aldana, Úrsula Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
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description	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 only are calorie intakes higher than recommended to maintain a healthy weight, but the diets are also rich in fats, particularly saturated fats, sugars and sodium, and poor in fruits and vegetables. These unhealthy diets are present in both rural and urban areas and in households at different income levels. These dietary patterns are likely to increase the risks for developing non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, certain types of cancer, and diabetes mellitus. These diseases are increasingly representing the main causes of death and disability in Latin America, and thus there is an urgent need to increase efforts to promote healthy diets. There are cost-effective interventions that have proven to improve diets, particularly to reduce sodium and trans fat intake, and there are promising examples in the region of the implementation of some of these cost-effective interventions. In addition, given the harmful effects of these dietary patterns, it is important to monitor the prevalence of unhealthy diets across different population groups as well as the intermediate risks factors linked to these diets, such as overweight and obesity, high blood pressure, and high fasting glucose in the blood. This will require better information than what is currently available and information that is comparable across time.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia Marcano Vázquez, Luis T. Sierra, Ricardo Aldana, Úrsula
author_facet	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia Marcano Vázquez, Luis T. Sierra, Ricardo Aldana, Úrsula
author_sort	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia
title	Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
title_short	Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
title_full	Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
title_fullStr	Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries
title_sort	dietary patterns and non-communicable diseases in selected latin american countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16103
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Dietary Patterns and Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Latin American Countries

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