Guatemala
INFORMAS in Guatemala and Costa Rica is run by Dr. Manuel Ramirez-Zea and Dr. Fernanda Kroker-Lobos.
Guatemala implemented the following modules: Food Composition, Food Labelling, Food Promotion (TV) and the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food Epi). The latest in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP) and the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology of Chile (INTA).
In Costa Rica, the Guatemalan team has built partnerships with the School of Public Health of the University of Costa Rica to implement the modules of Food Promotion (TV) and to validate methodology for mapping out food outlets and food advertising around rural and urban schools. Through a partnership with the Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA), the team performed a secondary analysis on Food Labelling and composition of ultraprocessed food targeted to children.
- People Involved
- Outputs Table
- Outputs (publications, reports, conference presentations)
- Acknowledgements / Funders
People Involved
Manuel Ramírez Zea, PhD
Coordinator
INCAP Research Center for the prevention of Chronic Diseases Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama –INCAP
Email: Manuel Ramírez Zea
Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, PhD
Research fellow in Population Nutrition
INCAP Research Center for the prevention of Chronic Diseases Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama –INCAP-
Email: Fernanda Kroker-Lobos