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    Developing a cooperative multicenter study in Latin America: Lessons learned from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health Project
    (2017) Fisberg, Mauro; Kovalskys, Irina; Gomez Salas, Georgina; Pareja Torres, Rossina Gabriella; Yepez Garcia, Martha Cecilia; Cortes Sanabria, Lille Yadira; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Rigotti, Attilio; Guajardo, Viviana; Zimberg, Ione Zalcman; Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira; Moreno, Luis A.; Pratt, Michael; Koletzko, Berthold; Tucker, Katherine L.
    This report examines the challenges of conducting a multicenter, cross-sectional study of countries with diverse cultures, and shares the lessons learned. The Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) was used as a feasibility study involving the most populous cities of eight countries in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela) in 2014-2015, about 40% of the population of the Americas. The target sample included 9 000 individuals, 15-65 years of age, and was stratified by geographic location (only urban areas), gender, age, and socioeconomic status.