Main foods with added sugars and their geographic and sociodemographic variation: Latin American study of nutrition and health (ELANS)

Authors

  • Mauro Fisberg Instituto Pensi, Fundação Jose Luiz Egydio Setubal, Sabará Hospital Infantil, São Paulo
  • Irina Kovalskys Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires
  • Georgina Gómez Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José
  • Attilio Rigotti Centro de Nutrición Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas, Departamento de Nutrición, Diabetes y Metabolismo, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago
  • Lilia Yadira Cortés Sanabria Departamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá
  • Martha Cecilia Yépez García Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
  • Rossina Gabriela Pareja Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, La Molina, Lima
  • Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo, (CENDES) Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas
  • Berthold Koletzko University of Munich Medical Center, Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • Luis A. Moreno Aznar Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) research group, Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Regina Mara Fisberg Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo
  • Cristiane Hermes Sales Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo
  • Ágatha Nogueira Previdelli Aculdade de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo
  • Viviana Guajardo Instituto para la Cooperación Científica en Ambiente y Salud, Santa Fe. Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37527/2021.71.3.001

Keywords:

Estudio Transversal, Ingesta Alimentaria, Fuentes de Alimentos, Azúcar, América Latina, Nutrición, Encuesta, Cross-sectional Study, Dietary Intake, Food Sources, Sugar, Latin America, Nutrition, Survey

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the top 10 foods that contribute to added sugars intake in representative samples of urban populations in eight Latin American countries, and consider differences by country, sex, socioeconomic level (SEL), and age group. A household-based, multinational, cross-sectional survey was conducted in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela (N=9218; 15–65 years). Contributors to added sugars were identified and listed based on the percentage of contribution to total intake of this nutrient. Data were stratified by country, sex, SEL, and age group, and the grams per day compared. Except in Peru and in the 50 to 65 years age group, soft drinks were the leading contributor to added sugar intake. Homemade beverages together industrialized beverages have been a prominent position on ranking. In general, the highest intake of added sugars by industrialized beverages was from Argentina, and the lowest frequency of beverages as sources of added sugars was observed in Chile. Among the top 10 contributors, male sex had highest added sugar intake, except for sucrose and sweet cakes. Higher intakes of sugars from natural fruit juice and sucrose were observed in the lower SEL. The highest and lowest intakes in the age groups change according to the food source. In conclusion, sugar-sweetened beverages were main contributors to added sugar intake, and the intake vary with geographical location and sociodemographic factors. 

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Published

2023-09-09

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Fisberg, M., Kovalskys, I., Gómez, G., Rigotti, A., Cortés Sanabria, L. Y., Yépez García, M. C., Pareja, R. G., Herrera-Cuenca, M., Koletzko, B., Moreno Aznar, L. A., Mara Fisberg, R., Hermes Sales, C., Nogueira Previdelli, Ágatha, & Guajardo, V. (2023). Main foods with added sugars and their geographic and sociodemographic variation: Latin American study of nutrition and health (ELANS). Archivos Latinoamericanos De Nutrición (ALAN), 71(3), 164–177. https://doi.org/10.37527/2021.71.3.001

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Vol. 71 No. 3 (2021): September

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Artículo Original

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Copyright (c) 2022 Mauro Fisberg, Irina Kovalskys, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés Sanabria, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Rossina Gabriela Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Berthold Koletzko, Luis A. Moreno Aznar, Regina Mara Fisberg, Cristiane Hermes Sales, Ágatha Nogueira Previdelli, Viviana Guajardo

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