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Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica
BACKGROUND: Latin America is the region with the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity, therefore, strategies and policies have been implemented in some countries to reduce this health problem. Among these, fiscal policies, such as taxes on sugary drinks, high-calorie products, the regulation...
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Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36283040 |
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author | Ríos-Reyna, Candelaria Díaz-Ramírez, Glenda Castillo-Ruíz, Octelina Pardo-Buitimea, Naysin Yaheko Alemán-Castillo, SanJuana Elizabeth |
author_facet | Ríos-Reyna, Candelaria Díaz-Ramírez, Glenda Castillo-Ruíz, Octelina Pardo-Buitimea, Naysin Yaheko Alemán-Castillo, SanJuana Elizabeth |
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description | BACKGROUND: Latin America is the region with the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity, therefore, strategies and policies have been implemented in some countries to reduce this health problem. Among these, fiscal policies, such as taxes on sugary drinks, high-calorie products, the regulation of advertising and food labeling. OBJECTIVE: To describe the main strategies and policies against obesity, and the effect they have had on the population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A search was made for articles in English and Spanish published in Pubmed, Scielo, Google Scholar. The keywords were included: health policies, nutritional labeling in Latin America, food labeling, tax on sugary drinks and non-basic foods with high energy density. RESULTS: Within the strategies, traffic light labeling, and warning labeling were the most accepted and understood. As for the taxation of sugar sweetened beverages, studies showed a positive effect on the reduction of consumption, purchase and sale, as well as a decrease in purchases of non-essential energy-dense foods. However, nutritional education in vulnerable groups is essential to better understand their interpretation. CONCLUSIONS: The studies analyzed suggest that food labeling, sugar sweetened beverages and non-essential energy-dense foods taxes could effectively reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population in the long term, as well as the costs associated with these diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-103959552023-08-04 Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica Ríos-Reyna, Candelaria Díaz-Ramírez, Glenda Castillo-Ruíz, Octelina Pardo-Buitimea, Naysin Yaheko Alemán-Castillo, SanJuana Elizabeth Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc Artículo De Revisión BACKGROUND: Latin America is the region with the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity, therefore, strategies and policies have been implemented in some countries to reduce this health problem. Among these, fiscal policies, such as taxes on sugary drinks, high-calorie products, the regulation of advertising and food labeling. OBJECTIVE: To describe the main strategies and policies against obesity, and the effect they have had on the population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A search was made for articles in English and Spanish published in Pubmed, Scielo, Google Scholar. The keywords were included: health policies, nutritional labeling in Latin America, food labeling, tax on sugary drinks and non-basic foods with high energy density. RESULTS: Within the strategies, traffic light labeling, and warning labeling were the most accepted and understood. As for the taxation of sugar sweetened beverages, studies showed a positive effect on the reduction of consumption, purchase and sale, as well as a decrease in purchases of non-essential energy-dense foods. However, nutritional education in vulnerable groups is essential to better understand their interpretation. CONCLUSIONS: The studies analyzed suggest that food labeling, sugar sweetened beverages and non-essential energy-dense foods taxes could effectively reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population in the long term, as well as the costs associated with these diseases. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC10395955/ /pubmed/36283040 Text en © 2023 Revista Medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Esta obra está bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivar 4.0 Internacional. |
spellingShingle | Artículo De Revisión Ríos-Reyna, Candelaria Díaz-Ramírez, Glenda Castillo-Ruíz, Octelina Pardo-Buitimea, Naysin Yaheko Alemán-Castillo, SanJuana Elizabeth Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica |
title | Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica |
title_full | Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica |
title_fullStr | Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica |
title_full_unstemmed | Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica |
title_short | Políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en Latinoamérica |
title_sort | políticas y estrategias para combatir la obesidad en latinoamérica |
topic | Artículo De Revisión |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36283040 |
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