Public Health and Nutrition

2015 ◽  
pp. 26-47
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health And Nutrition

Public health and nutrition.

2018 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Chattopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health And Nutrition

Abstract P315: Tomato Consumption by Form and Its Relationship to Total Vegetable Intake in the US: Implications for Healthier Dietary Patterns

Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 131 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin J Reimers ◽  
Debra R Keast
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Nutrition Examination Survey ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Food Pattern ◽  
The Us ◽  
Tomato Products ◽  
Raw Foods ◽  
The Relationship

Despite public health efforts to decrease risk of cardiovascular disease by promoting healthier dietary patterns, Americans persistently under-consume vegetables. Discovering feasible, achievable strategies to increase vegetable intake can contribute to improved dietary patterns and health outcomes. Tomatoes are the most consumed non-starchy vegetable in the US and also contribute the greatest porportion of vegetables to the USDA Food Pattern (MyPlate). Despite tomatoes’ dietary importance, little is known about tomato consumption by form. Tomato forms and amounts consumed in the US were determined by examining the intakes of adults 19 years and older (n = 16,252) in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-06, 2007-08, and 2009-10. The forms of tomatoes in foods participants reported were divided into two categories: tomato products and raw. Foods containing tomato products were further divided into four subgroups: 1) canned tomatoes as main ingredients, 2) canned tomatoes as minor ingredients, 3) juice and 4) condiments. Tomato products comprised approximately 63% of total tomato consumption, primarily as main ingredients (33%) of foods such as pasta with tomato sauce, with smaller amounts contributed from minor ingredients (12%), condiments (10%) and juice (7%). Raw tomatoes accounted for the remaining 37%. Participants who consumed the most tomatoes, defined as those who met or exceeded the MyPlate tomato target amount (0.65 cup equivalents/d), consumed 67% of their tomatoes as tomato products and 33% as raw. These heavy tomato consumers’ total vegetable intake was 2.48 cup equivalents/d, which approximated the 2.5 cup equivalent MyPlate total vegetable target amount. Increasing the awareness and importance of the contribution of tomato intake by form, and the relationship between tomato intake and total vegetable intake targets can inform future strategies to achieve greater vegetable intake and thus improve dietary patterns for Americans.

Public Health and Nutrition: The Challenge

Food Policy ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-103
Author(s):  
Nancy Milio
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health And Nutrition

scholarly journals Artificial Infant Formula Consumption and Breastfeeding Trends in Ecuador, A Population-Based Analysis from 2007 to 2014

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Ortiz-Prado ◽  
Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra ◽  
Dario Ramirez ◽  
Estefania Espin ◽  
Abigail Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infant Formula ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Milk Consumption ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Breastfeeding Practices

<p><strong>OBJECTIVE:</strong> The aim of this study was to analyze trends in infant breastfeeding and artificial infant milk consumption in Ecuador from 2007 to 2014.</p><p><strong>METHODS: </strong>This descriptive observational study includes all the available data collected and adapted from the National Health and Nutrition Survey of Ecuador, ENSANUT, the Ecuadorian National Institute of Census and Statistics, the national report of the International Marketing Services and data from Enfarma EP. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to determine sociodemographic distribution and temporal trends.</p><p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>In Ecuador 54% of children initiate breastfeeding during the first hour of life, and 43% of children aged five months are breastfed exclusively. 76% of children under one month of age and 60% of children under six months consume artificial infant formula. Over the last 8 years infant formula consumption has tripled in Ecuador reaching 59.6 million units sold at a cost of $530,100,000 USD from 2007 to 2014.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSIONS:</strong><em> </em>Breastfeeding practices in Ecuador are not complying with WHO recommendations and infant milk formulas consumption has risen significantly since 2007, despite active campaigns by the public health sector to educate women as to the benefits of breastfeeding.</p>

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