Argentina
INFORMAS in Argentina is led by Fundacion InterAmericana del Corazón Argentina (FIC Argentina).
INFORMAS work is ongoing in 4 of the 9 modules.
- People Involved
- Outputs Table
- Outputs (publications, reports, conference presentations)
- Acknowledgements / Funders
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/18) | Outputs |
Public Sector (Food EPI) | ||
Private Sector | ||
Food Composition | ||
Food Labelling | ||
Food Promotion | ||
Food Prices | ||
Food Retail | ||
Food Provision | ||
Food Trade & Investment |
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.
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, 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, aceptado 2022.
Zapata ME, Arrieta E, Beltramo B, Rovirosa A. Ultra-processed food consumption in Argentina according to income level and its influence on the intake of healthy foods. Frontiers in Nutrition, enviado 2022.
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.
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 Colectiva, 12(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 therapy, 5(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 publica, 4(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 Metabolism, 63, 927.
The Food Monitoring Group. (2013). Progress with a global branded food composition database. Food chemistry, 140(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 cardiology, 19(6), 1326-1332.
- International Development Research Centre(IDRC)
- “Dr.Abraam Sonis” Grant. Comisión Salud Investiga. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación