Browsing by Author "Brenes, Juan Carlos"

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    Alcohol Contribution to Total Energy Intake and Its Association with Nutritional Status and Diet Quality in Eight Latina American Countries
    (2021) Brenes, Juan Carlos; Gomez, Georgina; Quesada, Dayana; Kovalskys, Irina; Rigotti, Attilio; Cortes, Lilia Yadira; Yepez Garcia, Martha Cecilia; Liria-Dominguez, Reyna; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Guajardo, Viviana; Fisberg, Regina Mara; Leme, Ana Carolina B.; Ferrari, Gerson; Fisberg, Mauro; ELANS Study Grp
    Alcohol consumption is a modifiable risk factor for non-communicable diseases. This study aimed to characterize alcohol consumers at the nutritional, anthropometric, and sociodemographic levels. Data from 9218 participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela participating in "Latin American Health and Nutrition Study (ELANS)", a multi-country, population-based study, were used. Dietary intake was collected through two, 24 h recalls. Participants were classified into consumers (n = 1073) and non-alcohol consumers (n = 8145) using a cut-off criterium of >= 15 g/day of alcohol consumption calculated from the estimation of their usual daily intake. Among alcohol consumers, the mean alcohol consumption was 69.22 +/- 2.18 grams (4.6. beverages/day), contributing to 484.62 kcal, which corresponded to 16.86% of the total energy intake. We found that the risk of alcohol consumption was higher in young and middle-aged men from low and middle socioeconomic status. Argentine, Brazil, and Chile had the highest percentage of consumers, while Ecuador showed the highest alcohol consumption. Alcohol drinkers were characterized by having higher body weight and wider neck, waist, hips circumferences. Alcohol drinkers had a higher energy intake, with macronutrients providing relatively less energy at the expense of the energy derived from alcohol. Alcohol drinkers showed lower and higher consumptions of healthy and unhealthy food groups, respectively. In addition, adequacy ratios for all micronutrients assessed were lower in alcohol consumers. All these deleterious effects of alcohol on nutritional and anthropometric parameters increased with the number of alcoholic beverages consumed daily. Altogether, these findings suggest that limiting alcohol consumption can contribute to reducing the risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diet-related diseases.
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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)
    (2019) Gómez, Georgina; Fisberg, Regina Mara; Nogueira Previdelli, Agatha; Hermes Sales, Cristiane; Kovalskys, Irina; Fisberg, Mauro; Herrera Cuenca, Marianella; Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira; Yépes García, Martha Cecilia; Rigotti Rivera, Attilio; Pareja Torres, Rossina Gabriela; Guajardo, Viviana; Zimberg, Ioná Zalcman; Chinnock, Anne; Murillo, Ana Gabriela; Brenes, Juan Carlos
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    Socioeconomic Status Impact on Diet Quality and Body Mass Index in Eight Latin American Countries: ELANS Study Results
    (2021) Gomez, Georgina; Kovalskys, Irina; Leme, Ana Carolina B.; Quesada, Dayana; Rigotti, Attilio; Cortes Sanabria, Lilia Yadira; Yepez Garcia, Martha Cecilia; Reyna Liria-Dominguez, Maria; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Fisberg, Regina Mara; Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira; Guajardo, Viviana; Ferrari, Gerson; Fisberg, Mauro; Brenes, Juan Carlos
    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 quality and body mass index in Latin America. Data from the "Latin American Health and Nutrition Study (ELANS)", a multi-country, population-based study of 9218 participants, were used. Dietary intake was collected through two 24 h recalls from participants of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Diet quality was assessed using the dietary quality score (DQS), the dietary diversity score (DDS) and the nutrients adequacy ratio (NAR). Chi-squared and multivariate-variance analyses were used to estimate possible associations. We found that participants from the low SES consumed less fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fiber and fish and seafood and more legumes than those in the high SES. Also, the diet quality level, assessed by DQS, DDS and NAR mean, increased with SES. Women in the low SES also showed a larger prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess weight than those in the middle and high SES. Health policies and behavioral-change strategies should be addressed to reduce the impact of socioeconomic factors on diet quality and body weight, with gender as an additional level of vulnerability.