Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America

BM Popkin, T Reardon - Obesity Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region faces a major diet‐related
health problem accompanied by enormous economic and social costs. The shifts in diet are …

Food consumption and its impact on cardiovascular disease: importance of solutions focused on the globalized food system: a report from the workshop convened by …

SS Anand, C Hawkes, RJ De Souza, A Mente… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Major scholars in the field, on the basis of a 3-day consensus, created an in-depth review of
current knowledge on the role of diet in cardiovascular disease (CVD), the changing global …

Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology …

V Miller, S Yusuf, CK Chow, M Dehghan… - The lancet global …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Several international guidelines recommend the consumption of two servings of
fruits and three servings of vegetables per day, but their intake is thought to be low …

Definitions and potential health benefits of the Mediterranean diet: views from experts around the world

A Trichopoulou, MA Martínez-González, TYN Tong… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
The Mediterranean diet has been linked to a number of health benefits, including reduced
mortality risk and lower incidence of cardiovascular disease. Definitions of the …

Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases

H Boeing, A Bechthold, A Bub, S Ellinger… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Vegetables and fruit provide a significant part of human nutrition, as they are
important sources of nutrients, dietary fibre, and phytochemicals. However, it is uncertain …

Global asthma prevalence in adults: findings from the cross-sectional world health survey

T To, S Stanojevic, G Moores, AS Gershon… - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background Asthma is a major cause of disability, health resource utilization and poor
quality of life world-wide. We set out to generate estimates of the global burden of asthma in …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors among older adults in six low-and middle-income countries: results from SAGE Wave 1

Y Ruan, Y Guo, Y Zheng, Z Huang, S Sun, P Kowal… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of two conditions, angina and stroke, and …

Dietary fruits and vegetables and cardiovascular diseases risk

EM Alissa, GA Ferns - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Diet is likely to be an important determinant of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. In this
article, we will review the evidence linking the consumption of fruit and vegetables and CVD …

Prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among university students from 22 countries

K Peltzer, S Pengpid, TA Samuels, NK Özcan… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Obesity among young people increases lifetime cardiovascular risk. This study assesses the
prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among a random sample of …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic determinants of dietary patterns in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

AL Mayen, P Marques-Vidal, F Paccaud, P Bovet… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: In high-income countries, high socioeconomic status (SES) is generally
associated with a healthier diet, but whether social differences in dietary intake are also …