Fruits and fruit by-products as sources of bioactive compounds. Benefits and trends of lactic acid fermentation in the development of novel fruit-based functional …

LGR Rodríguez, VMZ Gasga, M Pescuma… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current awareness about the benefits of a balanced diet supports ongoing trends in humans
towards a healthier diet. This review provides an overview of fruits and fruit-by products as …

The consumption of ultra-processed foods and non-communicable diseases in Latin America

RA Matos, M Adams, J Sabaté - Frontiers in nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The objective of this article is to assess current trends in Latin America with respect to the
consumption of ultra-processed foods and non-communicable diseases. This review …

The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray

N Chater, G Loewenstein - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2023 - cambridge.org
An influential line of thinking in behavioral science, to which the two authors have long
subscribed, is that many of society's most pressing problems can be addressed cheaply and …

Development of food literacy in children and adolescents: implications for the design of strategies to promote healthier and more sustainable diets

G Ares, S De Rosso, C Mueller, K Philippe… - Nutrition …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Food literacy has emerged as a key individual trait to promote the transformation of food
systems toward healthy and sustainable diets. Childhood and adolescence are key periods …

Restricting child-directed ads is effective, but adding a time-based ban is better: evaluating a multi-phase regulation to protect children from unhealthy food marketing …

FR Dillman Carpentier, F Mediano Stoltze… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background As childhood obesity rates continue to rise, health organizations have called for
regulations that protect children from exposure to unhealthy food marketing. In this study, we …

Investment case for the prevention and reduction of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Mexico

M Brero, CL Meyer, A Jackson‐Morris… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite efforts to curb the rise in Mexico's child and adolescent overweight and obesity
rates, prevalence in Mexico has grown by 120% since 1990 to 43.3% in 2022. This …

Socioeconomic status impact on diet quality and body mass index in eight Latin American countries: ELANS study results

G Gómez, I Kovalskys, ACB Leme, D Quesada… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Poor health and diet quality are associated with living within a low socioeconomic status
(SES). This study aimed to investigate the impact of SES on diet quality and body mass …

Digital food environment of a Brazilian metropolis: food availability and marketing strategies used by delivery apps

PM Horta, JPM Souza, LL Rocha… - Public Health Nutrition, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: Food delivery apps represent an important and emerging dimension of the digital
food environment. This study aimed to examine food availability and the use of marketing …

The effectiveness of food system policies to improve nutrition, nutrition-related inequalities and environmental sustainability: a scoping review

C Burgaz, V Gorasso, WMJ Achten, C Batis… - Food Security, 2023 - Springer
A global transformation of food systems is needed, given their impact on the three
interconnected pandemics of undernutrition, obesity and climate change. A scoping review …

Food environment solutions for childhood obesity in Latin America and among Latinos living in the United States

AC Duran, M Mialon, E Crosbie, ML Jensen… - Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The food environment is a major contributor to unhealthy diets in children and, therefore, to
the increasing rates of obesity. Acclaimed by scholars across the world, Latin American …