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Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world
BACKGROUND: In order to understand why rates of overweight and obesity are so high in the Ecuadorian province of Galapagos, this study analyzes changes in household food expenditures and perceptions and practices related to food consumption patterns. Galapagos is understood as an unusual but not uni...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30208909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0409-y |
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author | Freire, Wilma B. Waters, William F. Román, Diana Jiménez, Elisa Burgos, Estefania Belmont, Philippe |
author_facet | Freire, Wilma B. Waters, William F. Román, Diana Jiménez, Elisa Burgos, Estefania Belmont, Philippe |
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description | BACKGROUND: In order to understand why rates of overweight and obesity are so high in the Ecuadorian province of Galapagos, this study analyzes changes in household food expenditures and perceptions and practices related to food consumption patterns. Galapagos is understood as an unusual but not unique case because conditions there graphically illustrate trends observed in communities and countries worldwide. A mixed methods approach was employed: a quantitative component was based on expenditures for foods classified according to the NOVA system, and a qualitative component utilized focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and structured observations. RESULTS: Galapagos residents increased consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods and decreased consumption of unprocessed and minimally processed foods. Perceived barriers to healthy diets include price, availability, and quality of fresh produce, as well as easy access to industrialized processed and ultra-processed foods. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in consumption patterns represent both local conditions and global trends; in that sense, the factors that affect Galapagos residents are not unique. Hence, these findings help elucidate processes observed in communities around the world. |
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spelling | pubmed-61345802018-09-13 Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world Freire, Wilma B. Waters, William F. Román, Diana Jiménez, Elisa Burgos, Estefania Belmont, Philippe Global Health Research BACKGROUND: In order to understand why rates of overweight and obesity are so high in the Ecuadorian province of Galapagos, this study analyzes changes in household food expenditures and perceptions and practices related to food consumption patterns. Galapagos is understood as an unusual but not unique case because conditions there graphically illustrate trends observed in communities and countries worldwide. A mixed methods approach was employed: a quantitative component was based on expenditures for foods classified according to the NOVA system, and a qualitative component utilized focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and structured observations. RESULTS: Galapagos residents increased consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods and decreased consumption of unprocessed and minimally processed foods. Perceived barriers to healthy diets include price, availability, and quality of fresh produce, as well as easy access to industrialized processed and ultra-processed foods. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in consumption patterns represent both local conditions and global trends; in that sense, the factors that affect Galapagos residents are not unique. Hence, these findings help elucidate processes observed in communities around the world. BioMed Central 2018-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6134580/ /pubmed/30208909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0409-y Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Freire, Wilma B. Waters, William F. Román, Diana Jiménez, Elisa Burgos, Estefania Belmont, Philippe Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world |
title | Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world |
title_full | Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world |
title_fullStr | Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world |
title_full_unstemmed | Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world |
title_short | Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world |
title_sort | overweight, obesity, and food consumption in galapagos, ecuador: a window on the world |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30208909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0409-y |
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