Brazil

 INFORMAS in Brazil is coordinated by Dr Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins (Idec –Brazilian Institute for Consumers Defense). We are conducting six modules: Food Composition, Food Labelling, Food Promotion, Food Prices, Private Sector and Public sector (Food-EPI). The first module is being conducted by Ana Clara Duran, researcher from Nupens/USP (Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition/University of São Paulo). Food Labelling and Food Promotion modules are included in a research project coordinated by Idec in collaboration with Nupens/USP (Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition/University of São Paulo) and ACT Health Promotion. Food Prices module is being conducted by Rafael Claro, researcher from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The Private Sector module is part of a research project conducted by a PhD student Aline Mariath at the School of Public Health at USP. And the Food-EPI module is being conducted by Elisabetta Recine, Andrea Sugai and Ana Carolina Feldenheimer da Silva.

Food composition and Food Labelling data collection and data entry were conducted together in supermarkets of São Paulo and Salvador and are completed. We are now in the process of organizing the database through a consistency analysis. We plan to start the data analysis between May and June 2018.

The Food Promotion data collection ended in April 2018, based on the recording during 8 days of the 3 most popular channels of the Brazilian open TV (432 hours of recording), and we will start the data entry in May 2018 with the help of researchers from the UFMG.

The Food Prices data collection ended in March 2018, and the data entry will be finished in May 2018. We planned to finish the data analysis in July 2018.

The Private Sector module has started on February 2017. We ended the process of adapting and translating the instruments for the pilot, as well as the data collection at the restaurants. The data collection at the supermarkets will be finished in May 2018. We are now working on the contact with the food and beverages companies to start the data collection.

The Food-EPI module was being conducted by a researcher of the UK, who finished the first draft about food and nutrition security policies. This year, the conduction of this module changed, and now the Brazilian researchers from the University of Brasília (UnB), Federal University of Goiás (UFGO) and State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) are in charge. The Brazilian team is currently planning the new phase of the project.