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[Changes in the food and beverage consumption pattern in Argentina, 1996-2013]. 2016

María Elisa Zapata, and Alicia Rovirosa, and Esteban Carmuega

Magíster en Nutrición Humana y Calidad de los Alimentos. Investigador adjunto, Centro de Estudios sobre Nutrición Infantil Dr. Alejandro O'Donnell (CESNI), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. mezapata@cesni.org.ar.

The dietary pattern of the population has shifted in recent years as a result of cultural changes and modifications in food accessibility. In order to describe the changes in food and beverage consumption patterns in the last two decades in Argentina, the National Survey of Household Expenditure [Encuesta Nacional de Gastos de los Hogares] was analyzed for the periods 1996-1997, 2004-2005 and 2012-2013. The average apparent consumption of food and beverages in grams or milliliters of net weight per adult equivalent was estimated for each period. The variation in the amount of food and beverages available for consumption between 1996 and 2013 shows that the structure of the dietary pattern has changed, appearing to indicate shifts in the ways of buying, preparing and consuming foods related to greater convenience and accessibility and less time spent on food preparation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002149	Energy Intake	Total number of calories taken in daily whether ingested or by parenteral routes.	Caloric Intake,Calorie Intake,Intake, Calorie,Intake, Energy
D004032	Diet	Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.	Diets
D005247	Feeding Behavior	Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.	Dietary Habits,Eating Behavior,Faith-based Dietary Restrictions,Feeding Patterns,Feeding-Related Behavior,Food Habits,Diet Habits,Eating Habits,Behavior, Eating,Behavior, Feeding,Behavior, Feeding-Related,Behaviors, Eating,Behaviors, Feeding,Behaviors, Feeding-Related,Diet Habit,Dietary Habit,Dietary Restriction, Faith-based,Dietary Restrictions, Faith-based,Eating Behaviors,Eating Habit,Faith based Dietary Restrictions,Faith-based Dietary Restriction,Feeding Behaviors,Feeding Pattern,Feeding Related Behavior,Feeding-Related Behaviors,Food Habit,Habit, Diet,Habit, Dietary,Habit, Eating,Habit, Food,Habits, Diet,Pattern, Feeding,Patterns, Feeding,Restrictions, Faith-based Dietary
D005502	Food	Substances taken in by the body to provide nourishment.	Foods
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001118	Argentina	Country located in southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay.
D001628	Beverages	Liquids that are suitable for drinking. (From Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed)	Beverage
D057140	Fast Foods	Prepared food that is ready to eat or partially prepared food that has a final preparation time of a few minutes or less.	Convenience Foods,Meals, Ready-To-Eat,Ready-Prepared Foods,Ready-To-Eat Meals,Convenience Food,Fast Food,Food, Convenience,Food, Fast,Food, Ready-Prepared,Foods, Convenience,Foods, Fast,Foods, Ready-Prepared,Meal, Ready-To-Eat,Meals, Ready To Eat,Ready Prepared Foods,Ready To Eat Meals,Ready-Prepared Food,Ready-To-Eat Meal