Summary In May 2020, Latin America became the epicenter of the COVID‐19 pandemic, a
region already afflicted by social disparities, poor healthcare access, inadequate nutrition …

Objective: Food environments may be contributing to the rapid increase in obesity occurring
in most Latin American (LA) countries. The present study reviews literature from LA that (i) …

Background Most countries worldwide, especially low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs), are facing an increasing prevalence of fast-food consumption and multiple burdens …

Purpose of review To assess the current challenges regarding liver diseases, including the
burden of disease, access to care, screening, and treatment needs in Latin America. Recent …

Sin or public health taxes are excise taxes imposed on the consumption of potentially
harmful goods for health [sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), tobacco, alcohol, among …

The most common tools used to screen for abdominal obesity are waist circumference (WC)
and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR); the latter may represent a more suitable tool for the general …

Objectives: To investigate the association between a plant-based diet and metabolic
syndrome (MetS) among Chinese adults. Methods: Based on the data from the 2004–2015 …

Background Recently, a new eating pattern called as “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for
Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND)” has been coined. Emerging studies are examining this …

Front-of-package warning labels (WLs) are among the public health policies adopted by
some countries, mainly in Latin-America, to tackle childhood obesity; however, their impact …

Objetivo: describir las principales estrategias y políticas contra la obesidad, y el efecto que
han tenido en la población. Material y métodos: se realizó una búsqueda de artículos en …