Browsing by Author "Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas"

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    2018 Chilean Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Adolescents: Full Report and International Comparisons
    (2020) Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas; Miranda-Marquez, Sebastian; Martino-Fuentealba, Pia; Sadarangani, Kabir P.; Chandia-Poblete, Damian; Mella-Garcia, Camila; Carcamo-Oyarzun, Jaime; Cristi-Montero, Carlos; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Fernando; Delgado-Floody, Pedro; Von Oetinger, Astrid; Balboa-Castillo, Teresa; Pena, Sebastian; Cuadrado, Cristobal; Bedregal, Paula; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Garcia-Hermoso, Antonio; Cortinez-O'Ryan, Andrea
    Background: The study summarizes the findings of the 2018 Chilean Report Card (RC) on Physical Activity (PA) for Children and Adolescents and compares the results with the first Chilean RC and with other countries from the Global Matrix 3.0. Methods: A Research Work Group using a standardized methodology from the Global Matrix 3.0 awarded grades for 13 PA-related indicators based on the percentage of compliance for defined benchmarks. Different public data sets, government reports, and papers informed the indicators. Results: The grades assigned were for (1) "behaviors that contribute to overall PA levels": overall PA, D-; organized sport participation, D-; active play. INC; and active transportation, F; (2) "factors associated with cardiometabolic risk": sedentary behavior, C-; overweight and obesity, F; fitness, D; sleep, INC; and (3) "factors that influence PA": family and peers, F; school, D; inclusion, INC; community and built environment, B; government strategies and investments, B-. Conclusions: Chile's grades remained low compared with the first RC. On the positive side, Chile is advancing in environmental and policy aspects. Our findings indicate that the implementation of new strategies should be developed through collaboration between different sectors to maximize effective investments for increasing PA and decreasing sedentary time among children and adolescents in Chile.
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    Results from Chile's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
    (2018) Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas; Miranda-Marquez, Sebastian; Sadarangani, Kabir P.; Martino-Fuentealba, Pia; Cristi-Montero, Carlos; Carcamo-Oyarzun, Jaime; Delgado-Floody, Pedro; Chandia-Poblete, Damian; Mella-Garcia, Camila; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Fernando; Von Oetinger, Astrid; Balboa-Castillo, Teresa; Pena, Sebastian; Cuadrado, Cristobal; Bedregal, Paula; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Garcia-Hermoso, Antonio; Cortinez-O'Ryan, Andrea
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    Structural responses to the obesity epidemic in Latin America: what are the next steps for food and physical activity policies?
    (Elsevier, 2023) Melo, Grace; Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas; López Barrera, Emiliano; Chomali Núñez, Laura Constanza; Moz-Christofoletti, Maria Alice; Salgado, Juan Carlos; Joppert Swensson, Luana; Caro, Juan Carlos
    Obesity is among the most complex public health challenges, particularly in Latin America, where obesity rates have increased faster than in any other region. Many countries have proposed or enacted comprehensive policies to promote adequate diet and physical activity under a structural framework. We summarize articles discussing the scope and impact of recently implemented obesity-related interventions in the light of a structural response framework. Overall, we find that: (1) market-based food interventions, including taxes on junk food, nutrition labelling, and marketing restrictions, decrease the consumption of targeted foods, (2) programs directly providing healthy foods are effective in reducing obesity, and (3) the construction of public areas for recreation increases the average frequency of physical activity. Although obesity-related interventions in the region have somewhat improved health behaviours, obesity prevalence remains on an upward trend. We discuss some opportunities to continue tackling the obesity epidemic in LATAM under a structural framework.