Table 4. Prevalence of optimal consumption of the ten major foods groups in individuals residing in urban areas of eight Latin American countries.

Food Groups	Optimal consumption	ELANS n = 9218 (%)	Argentina n = 1266 (%)	Brazil n = 2000 (%)	Chile n = 879 (%)	Peru n = 1113 (%)	Colombia n = 1230 (%)	Costa Rica n = 798 (%)	Ecuador n = 800 (%)	Venezuela n = 1132 (%)
Global reference (WHO)
Fruits and Vegetables	400 g/daya	7.2	6.9	5.6	11.5	10.6	4.8	8.9	11.3	2.1
Minimum requirement evidenced by the literature to decrease the relative risk for NCDs
Fruits	200 g/dayh	11.5	11.2	9.9	16.2	19.4	10.8	11.9	13.8	2.5
Vegetables	300 g/dayi	2.4	2.5	2.2	3.0	0.5	1.4	4.9	5.8	1.0
Legumes/Beans	100 g/dayh,j	13.1	1.0	13.3	6.3	7.7	15.4	41.7	22.4	7.7
Nuts and Seeds	10 g/dayh	3.3	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.4	6.4	4.6	5.6	0.8
Whole Grains	100 g/dayh,i	2.4	2.2	3.5	2.5	1.8	3.3	1.9	2.6	0.6
Fish and Seafood	200 g/dayi	1.1	0.3	2.4	0.1	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.0
Yogurt	200 g/dayk	1.4	2.7	1.6	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.5	1.1	0.6

* Data obtained from the ELANS by the average of two non-consecutive 24-HR. According to the proposed global, national and evidence-based/literature reference cut offs by ^a WHO Guidelines [46], and adapted from ^h Bechthold et al [5], ⁱ Schwingshackl et al [4], ^j Micha et al [8], ^k Wu et al [10].