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
- Active Modules
- 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 February 2024) |
| Public Sector (Food EPI) | |
| Private Sector | |
| Food Composition | completed |
| Food Labelling | |
| Food Promotion | completed (television), published 2017 |
| Food Prices | completed, published 2021; new round in progress |
| Food Retail | completed, published 2021 |
| Food Provision | |
| Food Trade & Investment |
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