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Prevalência de obesidade

Adultos, 2013-2014

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:15-64
Tamanho da amostra:2462
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Uruguay WHO STEPS Survey 2013, available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/2DA_ENCUESTA_NACIONAL_final_WEB22.pdf (last accessed 22.10.20)
Salvo indicação em contrário, o excesso de peso refere-se a um IMC entre 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², a obesidade refere-se a um IMC superior a 30 kg/m².

Adultos, 2006

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:25-64
Tamanho da amostra:2008
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:WHO STEPS Survey 2006 available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/2006_STEPS_Report_Uruguay.pdf (last accessed 02.11.20)
Salvo indicação em contrário, o excesso de peso refere-se a um IMC entre 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², a obesidade refere-se a um IMC superior a 30 kg/m².

Crianças, 2019

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:13-17
Tamanho da amostra:3162
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Global School-based Student Health Survey 2019. https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/ncds/ncd-surveillance/data-reporting/uruguay/2019-uruguay-gshs-fact-sheet.pdf?sfvrsn=4e4b70f9_1&download=true
Cutoffs:WHO

Crianças, 2012

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:13-15
Tamanho da amostra:3524
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/2012_Uruguay_GSHS_FS.pdf?ua=1 (last accessed 25.11.20)
Notas:WHO cutoffs.
Cutoffs:WHO

Crianças, 2006

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:13-15
Tamanho da amostra:3406
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Global School-based Student Health Survey, Fact Sheet available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/2006_Uruguay_National_fact_sheet.pdf?ua=1 (last accessed 25.11.20)
Cutoffs:WHO

Excesso de peso/obesidade por idade

Adultos, 2013-2014

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Tamanho da amostra:2462
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Uruguay WHO STEPS Survey 2013, available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/2DA_ENCUESTA_NACIONAL_final_WEB22.pdf (last accessed 22.10.20)
Salvo indicação em contrário, o excesso de peso refere-se a um IMC entre 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², a obesidade refere-se a um IMC superior a 30 kg/m².

Adultos, 2006

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Tamanho da amostra:2008
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:WHO STEPS Survey 2006 available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/2006_STEPS_Report_Uruguay.pdf (last accessed 02.11.20)
Salvo indicação em contrário, o excesso de peso refere-se a um IMC entre 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², a obesidade refere-se a um IMC superior a 30 kg/m².

Crianças, 2019

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Tamanho da amostra:3162
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Global School-based Student Health Survey 2019. https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/ncds/ncd-surveillance/data-reporting/uruguay/2019-uruguay-gshs-fact-sheet.pdf?sfvrsn=4e4b70f9_1&download=true (last accessed 24.04.23)
Cutoffs:WHO

Excesso de peso/obesidade por região

Rapazes, 2012

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:13-15
Tamanho da amostra:3524
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:World Health Organization. Global school-based student health survey (GSHS). Available from: https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/factsheets/en/. [Accessed 20 February 2019].
Notas:WHO cut-offs used and based on Self-reported data.
Cutoffs:WHO

Raparigas, 2012

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:13-15
Tamanho da amostra:3524
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:World Health Organization. Global school-based student health survey (GSHS). Available from: https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/factsheets/en/. [Accessed 20 February 2019].
Notas:WHO cut-offs used and based on Self-reported data.
Cutoffs:WHO

Atividade física insuficiente

Adultos, 2016

Referências:Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30357-7

Homens, 2016

Referências:Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30357-7

Mulheres, 2016

Referências:Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30357-7

Crianças, 2016

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:11-17
Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en (last accessed 16.03.21)
Notas:% of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate)

Rapazes, 2016

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:11-17
Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en (last accessed 16.03.21)
Notas:% of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate)

Raparigas, 2016

Tipo de inquérito:Autorreportado
Idade:11-17
Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en (last accessed 16.03.21)
Notas:% of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate)

Crianças, 2010

Idade:11-17
Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893?lang=en
Notas:% of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate)

Rapazes, 2010

Idade:11-17
Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893?lang=en
Notas:% of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate)

Raparigas, 2010

Idade:11-17
Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893?lang=en
Notas:% of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate)

Frequência média diária de consumo de refrigerantes

Crianças, 2009-2015

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:12-17
Referências:Beal et al. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287 sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system

Estimated per capita fruit intake

Adultos, 2017

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:25+
Referências:Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Estimated per-capita fruit intake (g/day)

Prevalência inferior ao consumo diário de fruta

Crianças, 2009-2015

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:12-17
Referências:Global School-based Student Health Surveys. Beal et al (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287. Sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Prevalence of less-than-daily fruit consumption (% less-than-daily fruit consumption)

Prevalência inferior ao consumo diário de vegetais

Crianças, 2009-2015

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:12-17
Referências:Beal et al. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287 sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Prevalence of less-than-daily vegetable consumption (% less-than-daily vegetable consumption)

Frequência semanal média de consumo de comida rápida

Crianças, 2009-2015

Idade:12-17
Referências:Beal et al. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287 sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system

Estimativa de ingestão de carne processada per capita

Adultos, 2017

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:25+
Referências:Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Estimated per-capita processed meat intake (g per day)

Estimated per capita whole grains intake

Adultos, 2017

Tipo de inquérito:Medido
Idade:25+
Referências:Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Estimated per-capita whole grains intake (g/day)

Saúde mental - transtornos depressivos

Adultos, 2015

Referências:Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% of population with depression disorders

Saúde mental - transtornos de ansiedade

Adultos, 2015

Referências:Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% of population with anxiety disorders

% de bebés entre os 0 e 5 meses exclusivamente amamentados

Crianças, 1998-2019

Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Encuesta de Nutrición, Desarrollo Infantil y Salud (ENDIS), Tercera Ola Uruguay 2018
Notas:See UNICEF website for further survey information. Available at : https://data.unicef.org/resources/dataset/infant-young-child-feeding/ (last accessed 28.9.21) Citation: United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2021). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Infant and Young Child Feeding: Exclusive breastfeeding, New York, September 2021.
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% exclusively breastfed 0-5 months

Cancro do esófago

Homens, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Mulheres, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancro da mama

Mulheres, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancro colorretal

Homens, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Mulheres, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancro do pâncreas

Homens, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Mulheres, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancro da vesícula biliar

Homens, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Mulheres, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancro do rim

Homens, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Mulheres, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Cancro do útero

Mulheres, 2020

Idade:20+
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2375
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000

Pressão arterial elevada

Adultos, 2015

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

Homens, 2015

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

Mulheres, 2015

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

Colesterol elevado

Adultos, 2008

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

Homens, 2008

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

Mulheres, 2008

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):% Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

Glicose no sangue elevada em jejum

Homens, 2014

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

Mulheres, 2014

Referências:Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

Prevalência de diabetes

Adultos, 2021

Idade:20-79
Área abrangida:Nacional
Referências:Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation.  IDF Diabetes Atlas, 10th edn. Brussels, Belgium:International Diabetes Federation, 2021. http://www.diabetesatlas.org
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Age-adjusted comparative prevalence of diabetes, %

Adultos, 2019

Idade:20-79
Referências:Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 9th edn. Brussels,Belgium: 2019. Available at: https://www.diabetesatlas.org
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Diabetes age-adjusted comparative prevalence (%).

Adultos, 2017

Referências:Reproduced with kind permission of IDF, International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 8th edition. Brussels, Belgium: International Diabetes Federation, 2017. http://www.diabetesatlas.org
Definições (disponível apenas em inglês):Diabetes age-adjusted comparative prevalence (%).

Economic impact of overweight and obesity

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Policies, Interventions and Actions

Decreto Nº 114/018 Dispónese la disminución progresiva de grasas trans de producción

Measures to limit or virtually eliminate industrially-produced trans fatty acids in food intended for the final consumer and/or for supply to retail. Article 2º.- A maximum period of eighteen (18) months is granted to the food industry for the reduction of trans fats of industrial production, establishing that the content may not be greater than 2% of the total content of fats in vegetable oils and margarines intended for direct consumption and greater than 5% of the total fats in the rest of the foods. These limits shall not apply to fats from ruminants, including milk fat from the product. Article 3º.- A maximum period of four (4) years is granted to the food industry so that the trans fat content is not greater than 2% of the total fat, both in foods for direct consumption and in ingredients for industrial use. It will not apply to fats from ruminants, including milk fat from the product. (Available only in Spanish language)

Categories:Evidence of Nutritional or Health Strategy/ Guidelines/Policy/Action plan
Year(s):2022 (ongoing)
Target age group:Adultos e crianças
Organisation:President of the Republic
Linked document:Download linked document
References:Information provided with kind permission of WHO Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA): https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/en/node/26266 (last accessed 16.08.22)

Decree No. 272/018 on Food Labelling

Mandatory national labelling guidelines for packaged foods and drinks was approved in 2018 and implemented in 2020. Octagon warning labels must be placed on the front of product containers, preferably in the upper part. (Available only in Spanish language)

Categories:Labelling Regulation/Guidelines
Year(s):2020 (ongoing)
Target age group:Adultos e crianças
Linked document:Download linked document
References:Information provided with kind permission of WHO Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA): https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/en/node/36135 (last accessed 10.08.22)

Guide to healthy, pleasant and shared eating

Guide to healthy, pleasant and shared eating

Categories:Evidence of Nutritional or Health Strategy/ Guidelines/Policy/Action plan
Year(s):2016 (ongoing)
Target age group:Adultos e crianças
Organisation:Ministry of Health
Find out more:www.gub.uy
Linked document:Download linked document

Decreto n° 60/014 Reglamentación de la ley 19.140 relativo a la protección de la salud de la población infantil y adolescente a través de la promoción de hábitos alimenticios saludables [Regulation on healthy eating in schools]

National mandatory standards for food available in schools. (Available only in Spanish language)

Categories:Evidence of School Food Regulations
Year(s):2014 (ongoing)
Target age group:Crianças
Organisation:The President of the Republic
Linked document:Download linked document
References:Information provided with kind permission of WHO Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA): https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/en/node/44599 (last accessed 16.08.22)

Law No. 19,140: Healthy Food in Schools

The Law aims to protect the health of children and adolescents attending schools and colleges, public and private, contributing to the prevention of overweight and obesity, and diseases that are derived from these risk factors.

Categories:Evidence of Marketing Guidelines/Policy
Evidence of Nutritional or Health Strategy/ Guidelines/Policy/Action plan
Year(s):2013 (ongoing)
Target age group:Crianças
Organisation:Ministry of Health
Find out more:www.msp.gub.uy
Linked document:Download linked document
References:Ministry of Health. https://legislativo.parlamento.gub.uy/temporales/leytemp3449821.html (Last accessed 09.07.20)

Decreto Nº 204/005

Legislation on tax per litre (impuesto específico interno) for beverages containing sugar (10.5%), liquid foods (juices) 13%, and sugar 4%.

Categories:Taxation/Subsidies on Food or Beverages or law relating to public health
Year(s):2005 (ongoing)
Target age group:Adultos e crianças
Organisation:Ministry of Economy and Finance
Find out more:www.dgi.gub.uy
References:Ministry of Economy and Finance. http://www.dgi.gub.uy/wdgi/page?2,principal,ampliacion,O,es,0,PAG;CONC;548;5;D;decreto-no-204-005;0;PAG (last accessed 15 Oct 2015)

Ley 17.379 Agrégase al Artículo 1º del Título 11 del Texto Ordenado 1996 un numeral referido a azúcar refinado

Mandatory volume or weight based specific excise tax on unhealthy food or drink products. (Available only in Spanish language)

Categories:Taxation/Subsidies on Food or Beverages or law relating to public health
Year(s):2001 (ongoing)
Target age group:Adultos e crianças
Organisation:he Senate and the House of Representatives of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Linked document:Download linked document
References:Information provided with kind permission of WHO Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA): https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/en/node/82255 (last accessed 16.08.22)

Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes: National Implementation of the International Code Status Report 2016 (Promotion of Breastfeeding)

The 2016 report provides information on the status of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions (“the Code”) in and by countries. The report also identifies in which countries they actively promote the benefits of breastfeeding.

Categories:Evidence of Breastfeeding promotion or related activity
Target age group:Adultos
Organisation:WHO UNICEF IBFAN
References:WHO. UNICEF. IBFAN. Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: National Implementation of the International Code. Status Report 2016. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016

Physical Activity Guide

Physical Activity Guide

Categories:Evidence of Physical Activity Guidelines/Policy
Target age group:Adultos e crianças
Organisation:Ministry of Health
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Contextual factors

Disclaimer: These contextual factors should be interpreted with care. Results are updated as regularly as possible and use very specific criteria. The criteria used and full definitions are available for download at the bottom of this page.

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Labelling

Is there mandatory nutrition labelling?Present
Front-of-package labelling?Present
Back-of-pack nutrition declaration?Absent
Color coding?Absent
Warning label?Present

Regulation and marketing

Are there fiscal policies on unhealthy products?Present
Tax on unhealthy foods?Present
Tax on unhealthy drinks?Present
Are there fiscal policies on healthy products?Absent
Subsidy on fruits?Absent
Subsidy on vegetables?Absent
Subsidy on other healthy products?Absent
Mandatory limit or ban of trans fat (all settings)?Present
Mandatory limit of trans fats in place (all settings)? Present
Ban on trans-fats or phos in place (all settings)? Absent
Are there any mandatory policies/marketing restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy food/drinks to children?Absent
Mandatory restriction on broadcast media?Absent
Mandatory restriction on non-broadcast media?Absent
Voluntary policies/marketing restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy food/drinks to children?Absent
Are there mandatory standards for food in schools?Present
Are there any mandatory nutrient limits in any manufactured food products?Absent
Nutrition standards for public sector procurement?Absent

Political will and support

National obesity strategy or nutrition and physical activity national strategy?Unknown
National obesity strategy?Unknown
National childhood obesity strategy?Absent
Comprehensive nutrition strategy?Absent
Comprehensive physical activity strategy?Absent
Evidence-based dietary guidelines and/or RDAs?Present
National target(s) on reducing obesity?Absent
Guidelines/policy on obesity treatment?Absent
Promotion of breastfeeding?Absent

Monitoring and surveillance

Monitoring of the prevalence and incidence for the main obesity-related NCDs and risk factors?Present
Within 5 years?Absent

Governance and resource

Multi-sectoral national co-ordination mechanism for obesity or nutrition (including obesity)?Absent

Key

Present
Present (voluntary)
Incoming
Absent
Unknown

Last updated February 6, 2023

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