[DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF AN IMAGE FOR DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILEAN DIETARY GUIDELINES].
BACKGROUND
Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDG) are usually accompanied by an image for dissemination and implementation.


OBJECTIVE
to design and validate an image to represent the variety and proportions of the new Chilean dietary guidelines, include foods high in critical nutrients that should be avoided and physical activity guidelines.


METHODS
a panel of experts tested seven graphics and selected three that were validated with 12 focus groups of people aged 10-14 and 20-40 years, of both sexes, from different socioeconomic groups and from both rural and urban areas. We analyzed the perception of variety and proportions of the food groups for daily intake and motivation for action in diet and physical activity. We utilized the METAPLAN method used previously in the validation of FBDG.


CONCLUSIONS
the final image was a circle that showed the variety and proportions of each food group for daily consumption (in pictures), included physical activity guidelines in a strip around the middle of the circle and a rectangle towards of bottom of the image with examples of foods high in critical nutrients in black and white. The chosen picture was modified using input from participants and validated with three additional focus groups, improving its understanding and acceptance.


CONCLUSIONS
most participants understood that the image represented the relationship between healthy eating and daily physical activity, correctly identifying the food groups for which increased intake was suggested and those groups in which intake should be reduced or avoided.
Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos Dr. Fernando Mönckeberg, de la Universidad de Chile.. olivares.sonia@gmail.com.
Sonia
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Olivares Cortés
Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos Dr. Fernando Mönckeberg, de la Universidad de Chile.. olivares.sonia@gmail.com.
Isabel
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Zacarías Hasbún
Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos Dr. Fernando Mönckeberg, de la Universidad de Chile.. olivares.sonia@gmail.com.
Carmen Gloria
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González González
Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos Dr. Fernando Mönckeberg, de la Universidad de Chile.. olivares.sonia@gmail.com.
Lilian
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Fonseca Morán
Departamento de Alimentos y Nutrición, División de Políticas Públicas, Ministerio de Salud, Chile.. olivares.sonia@gmail.com.
Fernanda
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Mediano Stoltze
Departamento de Alimentos y Nutrición, División de Políticas Públicas, Ministerio de Salud, Chile.. olivares.sonia@gmail.com.
Anna Christina
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Pinheiro Fernandes
Departamento de Alimentos y Nutrición, División de Políticas Públicas, Ministerio de Salud, Chile.. olivares.sonia@gmail.com.
Lorena
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Rodríguez Osiac
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005504:Food Analysis; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009753:Nutritive Value; D055815:Young Adult