Adequate and excessive food consumption in Suriname: a multiethnic middle-income country.

Objectives: To explore food consumption among different sex, age, ethnic, urban, education and income groups in Suriname.

Methods: Data from a cross-sectional population study (n = 5748; 15-64 year) were used. Food consumption was defined adequate if (1) fruit and vegetable intake was conformable to WHO recommendations, (2) mostly vegetable oil was used, and (3) whole-wheat products were used ≥ 3 days/week.

Linking Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data to tobacco control policy in Suriname.

Objective:: To use evidence from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) to inform tobacco-control policy in Suriname.

Materials And Methods:: The GYTS was conducted in 2000, 2004 and 2009 among secondary school students (13 to 15 years) in a two-stage cluster sample design.

Results:: 2744 students, age 13 to 15, participated.

Gaps in capacity in primary care in low-resource settings for implementation of essential noncommunicable disease interventions.

Objective. The objective was to evaluate the capacity of primary care (PC) facilities to implement basic interventions for prevention and management of major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Methods.