Argentina

INFORMAS in Argentina is led by Fundacion InterAmericana del Corazón Argentina (FIC Argentina).

INFORMAS work is ongoing in 4 of the 9 modules.

Lorena Allemandi

Director of Food Policy

Department Phone: +54 9 113682 7143

Email: Lorena Allemandi

 

 


Luciana Castronuovo

Senior Researcher

Food Policy Department

FIC Argentina

Email:Luciana Castronuovo

 

 


Maria Victoria Tiscornia

Researcher/Nutritionist

Food Policy Department

Email:Maria Victoria Tiscornia

Module Status (as of xx/24)
Public Sector (Food EPI)  
Private Sector  
Food Composition completed
Food Labelling  
Food Promotion completed (television), published 2017
Food Prices completed, published 2021; new round in progress
Food Retail completed, published 2021
Food Provision  
Food Trade & Investment  
Zapata ME, Arrieta E, Beltramo B, Rovirosa A. Ultra-processed food consumption in Argentina according to income level and its association with the intake of healthy foods. Nutrition Bulletin. 2023;00:1–12.
 
Zapata ME, Rovirosa A, Carmuega E. Descripción de la ingesta de energía según grado de procesamiento de los alimentos. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2018-19.Arch Argent Pediatr 2023;e202202861.
 
Zapata ME, Cediel G, Arrieta E, Rovirosa A, Carmuega E, Monteiro CA. Ultra-processed foods consumption and diet quality among preschool children and women at reproductive age from Argentina. Public Health Nutrition, 2022, 1-25. doi:10.1017/S1368980022002543.
 
Zapata ME, Rovirosa A, Carmuega E. Tendencias de consumo de energía y nutrientes críticos según sistema NOVA en Argentina. Cad. Saúde Pública 2022; 38(5):e00252021. https://www.scielo.br/j/csp/a/Zt6dGBsb8pRMgRWc3qgr8fS/?lang=es

Zapata ME, Rovirosa A, Carmuega E. Caracterización del consumo de energía según grado de procesamiento en mayores de 2 años de la Argentina. Archivos Argentinos de Pediatría, enviado 2022.

Zapata ME, Rovirosa A. La alimentación en la Argentina. Una mirada desde distintas aproximaciones. CAPA II. Consumo aparente de alimentos y nutrientes a nivel hogar. 2021. ISBN 978-987-48306-0-9.

Elorriaga N, Moyano DL, López MV, Cavallo AS, Gutierrez L, Panaggio CB, Irazola V. Urban Retail Food Environments: Relative Availability and Prominence of Exhibition of Healthy vs. Unhealthy Foods at Supermarkets in Buenos Aires, Argentina. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(3):944. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030944

Elorriaga N, Moyano DL, Cavallo AS, Gutierrez L, Panaggio CB, López MV, Irazola V. Entornos alimentarios en los locales de venta de alimentos. Disponibilidad y visibilidad de los alimentos saludables vs no saludables en supermercados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires: Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), February 2021. Technical report [Spanish].

Giacobone, G., Tiscornia, M.V., Guarnieri, L.,Castronuovo, L., Mackay, S., Allemandi, L.. Measuring cost and affordability of current vs. healthy diets in Argentina: an application of linear programming and the INFORMAS protocol. BMC Public Health 21, 891 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10914-6 

Allemandi, L., Castronuovo, L., Tiscornia, M. V., Ponce, M., & Schoj, V. (2017). Food advertising on Argentinean television: are ultra-processed foods in the lead?. Public Health Nutrition, 1-9.

Tiscornia MV, Heredia-Blonval K, Allemandi L, Blanco-Metzler A, Ponce M, Montero-Campos MA, CastronuovoL, Schoj V. Sugar Content in Non-Alcoholic Beverages Marketed in Argentina and Costa Rica. Revista Argent Salud Pública, 2017; 8 (30): 20-25.

Castronuovo, L., Gutkowski, P., Tiscornia, V., & Allemandi, L. (2016). Las madres y la publicidad de alimentos dirigida a niños y niñas: percepciones y experiencias. Salud Colectiva12(4).

Allemandi, L., Tiscornia, M. V., Ponce, M., Castronuovo, L., Dunford, E., & Schoj, V. (2015). Sodium content in processed foods in Argentina: compliance with the national law. Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy5(3), 197.

Allemandi, L., Garipe, L., Schoj, V., Pizarro, M., & Tambussi, A. (2013). Análisis del contenido de sodio y grasas trans de los alimentos industrializados en Argentina.  argent. salud publica4(15), 14-19.

Castronuovo, L., Allemandi, L., Tiscornia, V., & Schoj, V. (2013). Sodium Reduction Policies In Argentina: An Analysis Of The “less Salt More Life” Initiative. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism63, 927.

The Food Monitoring Group. (2013). Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food chemistry140(3), 451-457.

Dunford, E., Webster, J., Metzler, A. B., Czernichow, S., Mhurchu, C. N., Wolmarans, P., … & Barquera, S. (2012). International collaborative project to compare and monitor the nutritional composition of processed foods. European journal of preventive cardiology19(6), 1326-1332.

  • International Development Research Centre(IDRC)
  • “Dr.Abraam Sonis” Grant. Comisión Salud Investiga. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación