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Latin American consumption of major food groups: Results from the ELANS study by Kovalskys, Irina, Rigotti, Attilio, Koletzko, Berthold, Fisberg, Mauro, Gómez, Georgina, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira, Yépez García, Martha Cecilia, Pareja, Rossina G, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Del Arco, Ana, Zonis, Luciana, Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira, Guajardo, Viviana, Moreno, Luis A, Fisberg, Regina

“…The Latin American (LA) region is still facing an ongoing epidemiological transition and shows a complex public health scenario regarding non-communicable…”
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Comparison of self-report versus accelerometer - measured physical activity and sedentary behaviors and their association with body composition in Latin American countries by Ferrari, Gerson Luis de Moraes, Kovalskys, Irina, Fisberg, Mauro, Gómez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Sanabria, Lilia Yadira Cortés, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Torres, Rossina Gabriella Pareja, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Guajardo, Viviana, Pratt, Michael, Pires, Carlos André Miranda, Colley, Rachel C, Solé, Dirceu

“…Most population-based studies from Latin America have used questionnaires to measure physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors (SB). Low reliability and…”
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Total and Added Sugar Intake: Assessment in Eight Latin American Countries by Fisberg, Mauro, Kovalskys, Irina, Gómez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Sanabria, Lilia Yadira Cortés, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Torres, Rossina Gabriella Pareja, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Koletzko, Berthold, Pratt, Michael, Aznar, Luis A Moreno, Guajardo, Viviana, Fisberg, Regina Mara, Sales, Cristiane Hermes, Previdelli, Ágatha Nogueira

“…Non-communicable diseases are growing at an alarming rate in Latin America. We assessed total and added sugar intake in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,…”
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Assessment of Diet Quality in Chilean Urban Population through the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010: A Cross-Sectional Study by Pinto, Victoria, Landaeta-Díaz, Leslie, Castillo, Oscar, Villarroel, Luis, Rigotti, Attilio, Echeverría, Guadalupe, Study Group, Elans

“…Most worldwide causes of disease and death are strongly associated with dietary factors and the application of eating indexes has proved to be a useful tool to…”
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Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS) by Kovalskys, Irina, Fisberg, Mauro, Gómez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Cortés, Lilia Yadira, Yépez, Martha Cecilia, Pareja, Rossina G, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná Z, Tucker, Katherine L, Koletzko, Berthold, Pratt, Michael

“…Between-country comparisons of estimated dietary intake are particularly prone to error when different food composition tables are used. The objective of this…”
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Is the perceived neighborhood built environment associated with domain-specific physical activity in Latin American adults? An eight-country observational study by Ferrari, Gerson, Werneck, André Oliveira, da Silva, Danilo Rodrigues, Kovalskys, Irina, Gómez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Sanabria, Lilia Yadira Cortés, García, Martha Yépez, Pareja, Rossina G., Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Guajardo, Viviana, Pratt, Michael, Cristi-Montero, Carlos, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fernando, Marques, Adilson, Cerin, Ester, Van Dyck, Delfien, Pires, Carlos, Fisberg, Mauro

“…© The Author(s). 2020 Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing,…”
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Socioeconomic Status Impact on Diet Quality and Body Mass Index in Eight Latin American Countries: ELANS Study Results by Gómez, Georgina, Kovalskys, Irina, Leme, Ana Carolina B, Quesada, Dayana, Rigotti, Attilio, Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira, Yépez García, Martha Cecilia, Liria-Domínguez, María Reyna, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Fisberg, Regina Mara, Nogueira Previdelli, Agatha, Guajardo, Viviana, Ferrari, Gerson, Fisberg, Mauro, Brenes, Juan Carlos, On Behalf Of The Elans Study Group

“…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…”
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Original research Socio-demographic patterning of self-reported physical activity and sitting time in Latin American countries: findings from ELANS by Luis de Moraes Ferrari, Gerson, Kovalskys, Irina, Fisberg, Mauro, Gómez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Sanabria, Lilia Yadira Cortés, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Torres, Rossina Gabriella Pareja, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Guajardo, Viviana, Pratt, Michael, King, Abby C, Solé, Dirceu

“…Low levels of physical activity (PA) and prolonged sitting time (ST) increase the risk of non-communicable diseases and mortality, and can be influenced by…”
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Diet Quality and Diet Diversity in Eight Latin American Countries: Results from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) by Gómez, Georgina, Fisberg, Regina Mara, Nogueira Previdelli, Ágatha, Hermes Sales, Cristiane, Kovalskys, Irina, Fisberg, Mauro, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Pareja Torres, Rossina Gabriella, Rigotti, Attilio, Guajardo, Viviana, Zalcman Zimberg, Ioná, Chinnock, Anne, Murillo, Ana Gabriela, Brenes, Juan Carlos, Elans Study Group, On Behalf Of The

“…This study aimed to assess diet quality score (DQS), considering healthy and unhealthy foods and nutrients, and diet diversity score (DDS) as indicators of…”
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Alcohol Contribution to Total Energy Intake and Its Association with Nutritional Status and Diet Quality in Eight Latina American Countries by Brenes, Juan Carlos, Gómez, Georgina, Quesada, Dayana, Kovalskys, Irina, Rigotti, Attilio, Cortés, Lilia Yadira, Yépez García, Martha Cecilia, Liria-Domínguez, Reyna, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Guajardo, Viviana, Fisberg, Regina Mara, Leme, Ana Carolina B, Ferrari, Gerson, Fisberg, Mauro, On Behalf Of The Elans Study Group

“…Alcohol consumption is a modifiable risk factor for non-communicable diseases. This study aimed to characterize alcohol consumers at the nutritional,…”
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Intake of Vitamin E and C in Women of Reproductive Age: Results from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) by Busso, Dolores, David, Andrea, Penailillo, Reyna, Echeverría, Guadalupe, Rigotti, Attilio, Kovalskys, Irina, Gómez, Georgina, Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira, Yépez García, Martha Cecilia, Pareja, Rossina G, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Fisberg, Mauro

“…Vitamin E was identified as a lipophilic compound essential to maintain rat pregnancy. Low vitamin E intake during early pregnancy associates with congenital…”
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Accelerometer-Measured Daily Step Counts and Adiposity Indicators among Latin American Adults: A Multi-Country Study by Ferrari, Gerson, Marques, Adilson, Barreira, Tiago V, Kovalskys, Irina, Gómez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Cortés, Lilia Yadira, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Pareja, Rossina G, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Guajardo, Viviana, Leme, Ana Carolina B, Guzmán Habinger, Juan, Valdivia-Moral, Pedro, Suárez-Reyes, Mónica, Ihle, Andreas, Gouveia, Elvio R, Fisberg, Mauro, On Behalf Of The Elans Study Group

“…The aim of the present study was to examine the sex-related associations between accelerometer-measured daily step counts and adiposity indicators in adults…”
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Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study by Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira, Koletzko, Berthold, Hernandez, Pablo, Landaeta-Jimenez, Maritza, Sifontes, Yaritza, Gómez, Georgina, Kovalskys, Irina, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Pareja, Rossina, Cortés, Lilia Yadira, Rigotti, Attilio, Fisberg, Mauro, On Behalf Of The Elans Study Group

“…Latin American (LA) women have been exposed to demographic and epidemiologic changes that have transformed their lifestyle, with increasing sedentary and…”
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Breakfast Consumption Habit and Its Nutritional Contribution in Latin America: Results from the ELANS Study by Fisberg, Mauro, Kovalskys, Irina, Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira, Pereira, Jaqueline Lopes, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Fisberg, Regina, Ferrari, Gerson, Guajardo, Viviana, The Elans Study Group

“…The aim of this study was to provide updated data on breakfast consumption, associated factors and its contribution to daily intakes among Latin American…”
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Association between perceived neighborhood built environment and walking and cycling for transport among inhabitants from Latin America : the ELANS study by Ferrari, Gerson, Oliveira Werneck, André, Rodrigues da Silva, Danilo, Kovalskys, Irina, Gómez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Yadira Cortés Sanabria, Lilia, García, Martha, Pareja, Rossina, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná, Guajardo, Viviana, Pratt, Michael, Cofre Bolados, Cristian, Saldía, Emilio, AUGUSTO PIRES, CARLOS, Marques, Adilson, Peralta, Miguel, Rossato de Victo, Eduardo, Fisberg, Mauro

“…© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative…”
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Anthropometry, dietary intake, physical activity and sitting time patterns in adolescents aged 15-17 years: an international comparison in eight Latin American countries by Ferrari, Gerson Luis de Moraes, Kovalskys, Irina, Fisberg, Mauro, Gomez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Sanabria, Lilia Yadira Cortés, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Torres, Rossina Gabriella Pareja, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Guajardo, Viviana, Pratt, Michael, Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira, Scholes, Shaun, Celis-Morales, Carlos A, Solé, Dirceu

“…Although there is high prevalence of obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors among Latin American adolescents, there is limited evidence on dietary…”
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Association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with neck circumference in eight Latin American countries by Luis de Moraes Ferrari, Gerson, Kovalskys, Irina, Fisberg, Mauro, Gomez, Georgina, Rigotti, Attilio, Sanabria, Lilia Yadira Cortés, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Torres, Rossina Gabriella Pareja, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Guajardo, Viviana, Pratt, Michael, Pires, Carlos, Solé, Dirceu

“…Physical activity is a cornerstone in the prevention and treatment of obesity. There are relatively few studies that explore the effect of…”
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Developing a cooperative multicenter study in Latin America: Lessons learned from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health Project by Fisberg, Mauro, Kovalskys, Irina, Salas, Georgina Gómez, Pareja Torres, Rossina Gabriella, Yépez García, Martha Cecilia, Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Rigotti, Attilio, Guajardo, Viviana, Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman, Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira, Moreno, Luis A, Pratt, Michael, Koletzko, Berthold, Tucker, Katherine L, Elans Study Group

“…This report examines the challenges of conducting a multicenter, cross-sectional study of countries with diverse cultures, and shares the lessons learned. The…”
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