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Título:
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Nutritional quality of food and beverages offered in supermarkets of Lima according to the peruvian law of healthy eating
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Autores:
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Meza-Hernández, Mayra ;
Villarreal-Zegarra, David ;
Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena
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MDPI, 2020-07-14T00:02:34Z
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
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The purpose of this paper was to determine the foods and beverages offered in the city of Lima, Peru, that would be subject to front-of-package warning labels (octagons) according to the thresholds for the two phases (6 and 39 months after the approval) for nutrients of concern (sugar, sodium, saturated fat, and trans-fat) included in the Peruvian Law of Healthy Eating. An observational, descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted that evaluated the nutritional composition of processed and ultra-processed foods that are sold in a supermarket chain in Lima. Of all the processed and ultra-processed foods captured, foods that report nutritional information and do not require reconstitution to be consumed were included. A descriptive analysis was carried out by food categories to report the nutrient content and the percentage of foods that would be subject to front-of-package warning labels. Results: A total of 1234 foods were evaluated, according to the initial thresholds that became effective 6 months after the law was implemented; 35.9% of foods had two octagons; 34.8% had one octagon; 15.8% had no octagons; 12% had three octagons; and no products had four octagons. At 39 months, when the final and more restrictive thresholds become effective, 4.8% did not have octagons. The majority of processed and ultra-processed foods that are sold in a Peruvian supermarket chain carry at least one octagon, and more than 10% of them carry octagons for three of the four nutrients of concern.
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En línea:
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http://repositorio.upch.edu.pe/handle/upch/8343
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