Breastfeeding practices and complementary feeding in Ecuador: implications for localized policy applications and promotion of breastfeeding: a pooled analysis

Autor: Wilma B. Freire, William F. Waters, Diana Román, Philippe Belmont, Emily Wilkinson-Salamea, Adrián Diaz, Ivan Palacios, Enrique Bucheli

Publikováno v: International Breastfeeding Journal, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)

Abstract Background Best practices in breastfeeding are often not followed despite appropriate levels of knowledge and positive attitudes regarding the benefits of human milk. For many reasons, some women do not initiate breastfeeding, suspend breast

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/4f4052a5b1e54ae08a165fe45e252e3d

Nutritional traffic light system for processed foods: qualitative study of awareness, understanding, attitudes, and practices in Ecuador

Autor: Wilma B. Freire, William F. Waters, Gabriela Rivas-Mariño

Publikováno v: Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, Vol 34, Iss 1, Pp 11-8 (2017)

Objectives. To analyze awareness, understanding, attitudes, and practices related to the nutritional traffic light system (NTLS) on processed food packaging in Ecuador. Materials and methods. 21 discussions were held in focus groups (FG) in populatio

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/1937830f33e644b1b7a199139358cebe

Commentary: WHOs Ambition and Action in Nutrition 2016-2025

Autor: Wilma B. Freire

Publikováno v: World Nutrition, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2017)

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/ce30edc6ac1243aa87392e90a9c32278

Social and health inequalities in Ecuadorian older adults

Autor: Wilma B. Freire, Julio Ortega, William F. Waters

Publikováno v: Repositorio Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
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Mundos Plurales-Revista Latinoamericana de Políticas y Acción Pública; Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2019): Revista Latinoamericana de Políticas y Acción Pública; 9-23
Revista Mundos Plurales

Mientras aumenta el número y la proporción de adultos mayores como producto de la transición demográfica y epidemiológica, es cada vez más importante reconocer la heterogeneidad de este grupo. Los determinantes socioeconómicos de salud afectan

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https://doi.org/10.17141/mundosplurales.2.2019.4479

Use, knowledge, and effectiveness of nutritional traffic light label in an urban population from Ecuador: a pilot study

Autor: Beatriz Leon, Enrique Teran, Wilma B. Freire, Santiago Terán, Isabel Hernández

Publikováno v: Globalization and Health, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2019)
Globalization and Health

Background The nutritional traffic light label (NTLL) has become one of the most used Front of Package labels (FOP’s) around the world, for its simple and easy to understand graphical system. In Ecuador, this labelling system has recently been impl

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-019-0467-9