Browsing by Author "de Moraes Ferrari, Gerson Luis"

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    Food sources of added sugar: Brazilian data (EBANS) from Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS)
    (2019) Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira; Fisberg, Mauro; Mello, de Veroneze Aline; de Moraes Ferrari, Gerson Luis; Grande de Franca, Natasha Aparecida; Kovalskys, Irina
    Introduction: Brazil has the second highest per capita consumption of sugar in the world and added sugar (AS) contributes to 12.6% of the total energy intake.
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    Methodological design for the assessment of physical activity and sedentary time in eight Latin American countries - The ELANS study
    (2020) de Moraes Ferrari, Gerson Luis; Kovalskys, Irina; Fisberg, Mauro; Gomez, Georgina; Rigotti, Attilio; Cortes Sanabria, Lilia Yadira; Yepez Garcia, Martha Cecilia; Pareja Torres, Rossina Gabriella; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Zimberg, Iona Zalcman; Guajardo, Viviana; Pratt, Michael; Scholes, Shaun; Goncalves, Priscila Bezerra; Sole, Dirceu
    Worldwide studies of physical activity and sedentary time have historically under-represented low- and middle-income countries due to the lack of surveillance data. The purpose of this paper is to describe the methods and procedures used for the assessment of physical activity and sedentary time in the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (Estudio Latinoamericano de NutriciOn y Salud; ELANS). ELANS is a multicentre, cross-sectional and surveillance study of a nationally representative sample from eight Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Two instruments were used to evaluate different domains and intensities of physical activity and sedentary time: self-reported data and a triaxial accelerometer (model GT3X+). ELANS will generate important self-reported and objective information for the Latin American populations, namely: