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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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dc.contributor.author Meza-Hernández, Mayra
dc.contributor.author Villarreal-Zegarra, David
dc.contributor.author Saavedra García, Lorena María
dc.date.accessioned 2020-07-14T00:02:34Z
dc.date.available 2020-07-14T00:02:34Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8343
dc.description.abstract 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. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation.ispartofseries Nutrients
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject food and beverages en_US
dc.subject food composition en_US
dc.subject food labeling en_US
dc.subject food legislation en_US
dc.subject table of food composition en_US
dc.title Nutritional quality of food and beverages offered in supermarkets of Lima according to the peruvian law of healthy eating en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12051508
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.04.01
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.04
dc.relation.issn 2072-6643


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