Description of nutrient consumption based on the level of industrial food processing: national Survey on Nutrition and Health of2005.

Technological advances and changes in lifestyles reflect in a greater consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods compared to natural ones. Using data from the National Survey on Nutrition and Health, the consumption of these foods and their relation to living conditions were described in three age groups of Argentina (infants aged 6-23 months, children aged 2-5 years, and women aged 10-49 years). Consumption among infants 6-23 months old is high in nutrients from natural foods: calcium (75.

[Nutrition status in Argentinean children 6 to 72 months old: results from the National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNyS)].

Introduction: Data availability on nutrition status from vulnerable population groups is essential for the design and evaluation of interventions. The Ministry of Health from Argentina developed in 2004-2005 the National Survey of Nutrition and Health. Our objective is to describe the nutrition status of infants and preschool children (6-72 months), globally and by region and socioeconomic level.

[Impact of folic acid fortification on women's nutritional status and on the prevalence of neural tube defects].

Introduction: In 2003 iron and folic acid fortification of wheat flour became mandatory in Argentina. Folate nutritional status was assessed in a national probabilistic sample of women 10-49 years old and pregnant women. Changes in the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) were evaluated before and after fortification.