Open AccessCommunity nutrition in Spain: advances and drawbacks
Author(s) -
Aranceta Javier,
Lobo Felix,
Viedma Pilar,
SalvadorCastell Gemma,
De Victoria Emilio Martínez,
Ortega Rosa M,
Bello Luis,
TurMarí Josep A
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nutrition reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.958
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1753-4887
pISSN - 0029-6643
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00176.x
Subject(s) - environmental health , scope (computer science) , gerontology , obesity , scientific evidence , population , public health , population health , pace , physical activity , medicine , promotion (chess) , geography , political science , computer science , pathology , philosophy , geodesy , epistemology , politics , law , physical medicine and rehabilitation , programming language
Scientific evidence has placed community nutrition among the front‐line strategies in health promotion. Community nutrition in different regions of Spain has developed at an unequal pace. Early initiatives in the mid 1980s provided good‐quality population data and established a basis for nutrition surveillance including individual body measurements, dietary intake data, information on physical activity, and biomarkers. The Nutrition and Physical Activity for Obesity Prevention Strategy (NAOS) reinforces community nutrition action in Spain. Presented here is an overview of developments in community nutrition in Spain in recent years as well as potential trends under the scope of the NAOS.