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Conocimientos, importancia, utilidad y preferencias del etiquetado frontal de alimentos procesados para adultos residentes en el gran área metropolitana de Costa Rica

Authors: Blanco Valverde, Ángela María; Blanco Metzler, Adriana; Montero Campos, María de los Ángeles;

Conocimientos, importancia, utilidad y preferencias del etiquetado frontal de alimentos procesados para adultos residentes en el gran área metropolitana de Costa Rica

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Resumen Objetivo: Explorar los conocimientos, importancia, utilidad y preferencias en población adulta del Gran Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica del etiquetado frontal de alimentos procesados como insumo para la toma de decisiones y ejecución de acciones en alimentación y nutrición. Método: Estudio cuali-cuantitativo exploratorio basado en un cuestionario estructurado. Se realizaron 100 encuestas en Facebook a hombres y mujeres entre 20 a 64 años del Gran Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica durante noviembre 2016. Resultados: Las encuestadas fueron adultas jóvenes, costarricenses y con algún nivel universitario. La mayoría afirmó conocer el etiquetado frontal, especialmente los esquemas Guía Diaria de Alimentación monocromático y coloreado. Se encontró que el etiquetado frontal podría incrementar la lectura y mejorar la interpretación de la información nutricional. Además, parece influir en la decisión de compra y visualizado como una herramienta útil para prevenir enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. La Guía Diaria de Alimentación coloreada y el esquema semáforo, fueron preferidos por la población en estudio. Apoyaron un etiquetado frontal único, simple y estandarizado en todas las categorías de alimentos. Los colores y descriptores nutricionales resultaron relevantes para definir el esquema para Costa Rica. Conclusiones: El etiquetado frontal de fácil interpretación, como lo es el Guía Diaria de Alimentación coloreado fue preferido por una población educada que representa un posible agente de cambio en la práctica de una alimentación saludable, donde puede haber mayor impacto por los hábitos alimenticios que los caracterizan y el interés mostrado. Abstract Objective: To explore the knowledge, relevance, use, and preferences of the adult population in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica about the front-of-pack nutritional labeling of food processed for intake when making decisions and taking actions related to diet and nutrition. Methodology: The present is an explorative, quali-quantitative study based on a structured questionnaire. Men and women who were from 20 to 64 years old from the Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica gave over one hundred interviews during November 2016. Results: The interviewees were Costa Rican young adults with some university degree. Most interviewees admitted knowing front-of-pack nutritional labeling of food, especially those that are part of the monochromatic and colored Guideline Daily Amount. Results also showed that the front-of-pack nutritional labeling might improve the reading and interpretation of nutritional information. Additionally, the aforementioned labeling seems to also have an effect on food purchases just as it is considered a useful tool to prevent non-transmissible chronic diseases. Population study preferred the Guideline Daily Amount and “traffic light” labels over other types and supported the idea of using a unique, simple, and standard front-of-pack labeling in all food categories. Colors and nutritional descriptors were fundamental to define the nutritional labeling used in Costa Rica. Conclusion: A front-of-pack nutritional labeling easy to interpret like a colored Guideline Daily Amounte was thought preferable by a educated population who represents a possible agent of change when it comes to healthy eating habits that, at the same time, might bepositively impacted by this population’s characteristic healthy eating choices.

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Costa Rica, conducta alimentaria, enfermedad crónica, etiquetado nutricional, food consumption, Etiquetado de alimentos, feeding behavior, consumo de alimentos, embalaje de alimentos, chronic disease, nutritional labeling, food packaging, Food labeling

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