Te contamos la verdad sobre los mitos que la industria de la comida chatarra quiere que creas sobre el nuevo etiquetado en México

Mito 1

El etiquetado de advertencia carece de evidencia científica

Mito 2

Los productos saludables tendrán los mismos sellos que los ultraprocesados

Mito 3

Los sellos de advertencia se determinan sobre una porción de 100 g o ml. Los productos que se consumen en porciones menores no deberían tener sellos

Mito 4

Los antojitos y platillos típicos son parte del problema de la obesidad en México

Mito 5

No existe evidencia científica que demuestre que el consumo de edulcorantes sea nocivo para la salud de los niños

Mito 6

La leyenda precautoria sobre cafeína se implementa injustificadamente sólo a productos con cafeína adicionada

Mito 7

El nuevo etiquetado viola el derecho a la información al no permitir el aval de organizaciones o asociaciones profesionales en productos con sellos

Mito 8

El etiquetado de advertencia representa una barrera al comercio internacional

Mito 9

La prohibición de elementos publicitarios restringe la libertad y viola los derechos de las marcas

Mito 10

Los sellos de advertencia señalan el exceso de nutrimentos críticos, sin informar el contenido específico de cada uno

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Fuentes Mito 1:

  • Jáuregui A, Vargas-Meza J, Nieto C, Contreras-Manzano A, Alejandro N, Tolentino-Mayo L, Hall MG Barquera S. Impact of front-of-pack nutrition labels on consumer purchasing intentions: a randomized experiment in low- and middle-income Mexican adults. BMC Public Health. 2020; 20:463.
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Fuentes Mito 2:

  • Garcia et al. Confused health and nutrition claims in food marketing to children could adversely affect food choice and increase risk of obesity, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(6), 2019.
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Fuentes Mito 4:

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Fuentes Mito 5:

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Fuentes Mito 6:

  • Lott M et al. Technical Scientific Report. Healthy Beverage Consumption in Early Childhood: Recommendations from Key National Health and Nutrition Organizations, Healthy Eating Research. Septiembre 2019.
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Fuentes Mito 7:

  • Nieto C, Rincon-Gallardo Patiño S, Tolentino-Mayo L, Carriedo A, Barquera S. Characterization of Breakfast Cereals Available in the Mexican Market: Sodium and Sugar Content. Nutrients. 2017;9(8):884. Published 2017 Aug 16. doi:10.3390/nu9080884
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  • Forshee RA1, Storey ML.. Total beverage consumption and beverage choices among children and adolescents. Int J Food Sci Nutr.2003 Jul;54(4):297-307.
  • Blum JW1, Jacobsen DJ, Donnelly JE. Beverage consumption patterns in elementary school aged children across a two-year period. J Am Coll Nutr.2005 Apr;24(2):93-8.
  • Qing Yang. Gain weight by “going diet?” Artificial sweeteners and the neurobiology of sugar cravings. Yale J Biol Med. 2010 Jun; 83(2): 101–108.
  • Pepino MY, Tiemann CD, Patterson BW, Wice BM, Klein S. Sucralose Affects Glycemic and Hormonal Responses to an Oral Glucose Load. Diabetes Care. 2013;36(9):2530-2535. doi:10.2337/dc12-2221
  • Johnson R, et al. Low-Calorie Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Health A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2018;138:e126–e140.

Fuentes Mito 8:

  • Crosbie, Carriedo y Schmidt. Hollow Threats: Transnational Food and Beverage Companies’ Use of International Agreements to Fight Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labeling in Mexico and Beyond, Intl Journal Health Policy Management, 2020,DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.146.
  • Shamah-Levy T, Cuevas-Nasu L, Rivera-Dommarco J, Hernández-Ávila Mauricio. ENSANUT MC, (2016) Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2016, Ciudad de México: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, INEGI
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Fuentes Mito 9:

  • Sadeghirad B, Duhaney T, Motaghipisheh S, Campbell NRC, Johnston BC. Influence of unhealthy food and beverage marketing on children’s dietary intake and preference: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Obes Rev. 2016;17(10):945-959. doi:10.1111/obr.12445
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  • Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Recomendaciones de la consulta de expertos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud sobre la promoción y publicidad de alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas dirigida a los niños en la Región de las Américas. 2011. Disponible en: http://www. paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_ view&gid=18285.
  • Estudio exploratorio sobre la promoción y publicidad de alimentos y bebidas no saludables dirigida a niños en América Latina y el Caribe. Panamá. 2015. Disponible en: http://www.unicef.org/lac/Estudio_exploratorio_ promocion_alimentos_no_saludables_a_ninos_en_LAC_-_ Informe_Completo_(4).pdf.
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Fuentes Mito 10:

  • Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF). Análisis de regulaciones y prácticas para el etiquetado de alimentos y bebidas para niños y adolescentes en algunos países de América Latina (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica y México) y recomendaciones para facilitar la información al consumidor, 2016.
  • Organización Mundial de la Salud. Guiding Principles and framework manual for front-of-pack labelling for promoting healthy diets, 2019.
  • Organización Mundial de la Salud. Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity, 2017.
  • Talati et al. The impact of interpretive and reductive front-of-pack labels on food choice and willingness to pay, International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14(171), 2017.