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Changes in the Sodium Content of Foods Sold in Four Latin American Countries: 2015 to 2018

In 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) published sodium targets for packaged foods, which included two distinct levels: one “regional” and one “lower” target. Changes to the sodium content of the food supply in Latin American Countries (LAC) has not been evaluated. A repeated cross-sec...

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Autores principales: Blanco-Metzler, Adriana, Vega-Solano, Jaritza, Franco-Arellano, Beatriz, Allemandi, Lorena, Larroza, Rodrigo Burgos, Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena, Weippert, Madyson, Sivakumar, Bridve, Benavides-Aguilar, Karla, Tiscornia, Victoria, Sequera Buzarquis, Guillermo, Guarnieri, Leila, Meza-Hernández, Mayra, Cañete Villalba, Felicia, Castronuovo, Luciana, Schermel, Alyssa, L’Abbé, Mary R., Arcand, JoAnne
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8624930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836362
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114108
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author Blanco-Metzler, Adriana
Vega-Solano, Jaritza
Franco-Arellano, Beatriz
Allemandi, Lorena
Larroza, Rodrigo Burgos
Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena
Weippert, Madyson
Sivakumar, Bridve
Benavides-Aguilar, Karla
Tiscornia, Victoria
Sequera Buzarquis, Guillermo
Guarnieri, Leila
Meza-Hernández, Mayra
Cañete Villalba, Felicia
Castronuovo, Luciana
Schermel, Alyssa
L’Abbé, Mary R.
Arcand, JoAnne
author_facet Blanco-Metzler, Adriana
Vega-Solano, Jaritza
Franco-Arellano, Beatriz
Allemandi, Lorena
Larroza, Rodrigo Burgos
Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena
Weippert, Madyson
Sivakumar, Bridve
Benavides-Aguilar, Karla
Tiscornia, Victoria
Sequera Buzarquis, Guillermo
Guarnieri, Leila
Meza-Hernández, Mayra
Cañete Villalba, Felicia
Castronuovo, Luciana
Schermel, Alyssa
L’Abbé, Mary R.
Arcand, JoAnne
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description In 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) published sodium targets for packaged foods, which included two distinct levels: one “regional” and one “lower” target. Changes to the sodium content of the food supply in Latin American Countries (LAC) has not been evaluated. A repeated cross-sectional study used food label data from 2015 (n = 3859) and 2018 (n = 5312) to determine changes in the proportion of packaged foods meeting the PAHO sodium targets and the distribution in the sodium content of foods in four LAC (Argentina, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru). Foods were classified into the 18 food categories in the PAHO targets. The proportion of foods meeting the regional targets increased from 82.9% to 89.3% between 2015 and 2018 (p < 0.001). Overall, 44.4% of categories had significant decreases in mean sodium content. Categories with a higher proportion of foods meeting the regional and lower targets in 2018 compared to 2015 (p < 0.05) were breaded meat and poultry, wet and dry soups, snacks, cakes, bread products, flavored cookies and crackers, and dry pasta and noodles. While positive progress has been made in reducing the sodium content of foods in LAC, sodium intakes in the region remain high. More stringent targets are required to support sodium reduction in LAC.
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spelling pubmed-86249302021-11-27 Changes in the Sodium Content of Foods Sold in Four Latin American Countries: 2015 to 2018 Blanco-Metzler, Adriana Vega-Solano, Jaritza Franco-Arellano, Beatriz Allemandi, Lorena Larroza, Rodrigo Burgos Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena Weippert, Madyson Sivakumar, Bridve Benavides-Aguilar, Karla Tiscornia, Victoria Sequera Buzarquis, Guillermo Guarnieri, Leila Meza-Hernández, Mayra Cañete Villalba, Felicia Castronuovo, Luciana Schermel, Alyssa L’Abbé, Mary R. Arcand, JoAnne Nutrients Article In 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) published sodium targets for packaged foods, which included two distinct levels: one “regional” and one “lower” target. Changes to the sodium content of the food supply in Latin American Countries (LAC) has not been evaluated. A repeated cross-sectional study used food label data from 2015 (n = 3859) and 2018 (n = 5312) to determine changes in the proportion of packaged foods meeting the PAHO sodium targets and the distribution in the sodium content of foods in four LAC (Argentina, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru). Foods were classified into the 18 food categories in the PAHO targets. The proportion of foods meeting the regional targets increased from 82.9% to 89.3% between 2015 and 2018 (p < 0.001). Overall, 44.4% of categories had significant decreases in mean sodium content. Categories with a higher proportion of foods meeting the regional and lower targets in 2018 compared to 2015 (p < 0.05) were breaded meat and poultry, wet and dry soups, snacks, cakes, bread products, flavored cookies and crackers, and dry pasta and noodles. While positive progress has been made in reducing the sodium content of foods in LAC, sodium intakes in the region remain high. More stringent targets are required to support sodium reduction in LAC. MDPI 2021-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8624930/ /pubmed/34836362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114108 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Blanco-Metzler, Adriana
Vega-Solano, Jaritza
Franco-Arellano, Beatriz
Allemandi, Lorena
Larroza, Rodrigo Burgos
Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena
Weippert, Madyson
Sivakumar, Bridve
Benavides-Aguilar, Karla
Tiscornia, Victoria
Sequera Buzarquis, Guillermo
Guarnieri, Leila
Meza-Hernández, Mayra
Cañete Villalba, Felicia
Castronuovo, Luciana
Schermel, Alyssa
L’Abbé, Mary R.
Arcand, JoAnne
Changes in the Sodium Content of Foods Sold in Four Latin American Countries: 2015 to 2018
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title_fullStr Changes in the Sodium Content of Foods Sold in Four Latin American Countries: 2015 to 2018
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title_short Changes in the Sodium Content of Foods Sold in Four Latin American Countries: 2015 to 2018
title_sort changes in the sodium content of foods sold in four latin american countries: 2015 to 2018
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8624930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836362
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114108
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