Wilma B Freire

Biographic Data

ID5496051
NAMEWilma B Freire
GIVEN NAMESWilma B
FAMILY NAMEFreire
SIGNATUREFREIRE W B
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad San Francisco de Quito
ORCID0000-0002-8048-6826
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Validation of Nova 27 ultra-processed food screener

    Open AccessWilma B Freire, Betzabé Tello et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: This study aimed to adapt and validate the NOVA 27 ultra-processed food (UPF) Screener for use in Ecuador by identifying commonly consumed foods, classifying them using the NOVA system and testing the screener’s validity in an urban sample and a national food survey. Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two phases: screener validation with a convenience sample of 327 adults in Quito through an online questionnaire (2021) an…

  • Desigualdades sociales y en salud en adultos mayores ecuatorianos

    Open AccessWilliam F Waters, Wilma B Freire et al.ARTICLEMundos Plurales - Revista…2020

    Mientras aumenta el número y la proporción de adultos mayores como producto de la transición demográfica y epidemiológica, es cada vez más importante reconocer la heterogeneidad de este grupo. Los determinantes socioeconómicos de salud afectan a los adultos mayores de varias maneras, generando desigualdades socioeconómicas y de salud. Este estudio analiza el estado de salud, acceso a servicios, grupo de edad, sexo, raza/etnia y nivel educativo pa…

  • Malnutrition inequalities in Ecuador

    Open AccessMaría J Ramírez-Luzuriaga, Philippe Belmont et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: To describe and quantify the magnitude and distribution of stunting, wasting, anaemia, overweight and obesity by wealth, level of education and ethnicity in Ecuador. Design: We used nationally representative data from the 2012 Ecuadorian National Health and Nutrition Survey. We used the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as a proxy of wealth. The MPI identifies deprivations across three dimensions (health, education and standard of l…

  • Use, knowledge, and effectiveness of nutritional traffic light label in an urban population from Ecuador

    Open AccessSantiago Teran, Isabel Hernández et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2019

    BACKGROUND: The nutritional traffic light label (NTLL) has become one of the most used Front of Package labels (FOP's) around the world, for its simple and easy to understand graphical system. In Ecuador, this labelling system has recently been implemented; then, this research aims to evaluate the use and knowledge of NTLL and its effectiveness as a public health promotion strategy. METHOD: In a cross-sectional study at two different urban superm…

  • Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador

    Open AccessWilma B Freire, William F Waters et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2018

    BACKGROUND: In order to understand why rates of overweight and obesity are so high in the Ecuadorian province of Galapagos, this study analyzes changes in household food expenditures and perceptions and practices related to food consumption patterns. Galapagos is understood as an unusual but not unique case because conditions there graphically illustrate trends observed in communities and countries worldwide. A mixed methods approach was employed…

  • Semáforo nutricional de alimentos procesados

    Open AccessWilma B Freire, William F Waters et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2017

    The NTLS has had a positive effect on awareness and understanding of the content of processed products. Practices related to purchasing and consuming processed foods would be improved by promotion of the nutritional labeling policy, trade control, and the monitoring and surveillance of its implementation

  • A qualitative study of consumer perceptions and use of traffic light food labelling in Ecuador

    Open AccessWilma B Freire, William F Waters et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2017

    Objective To analyse patterns of knowledge, comprehension, attitudes and practices regarding the traffic light label placed on processed food packages to inform Ecuadorian consumers about levels of added fat, sugar and salt. Design Twenty-one focus group discussions organized by age group, sex and place of residence. Interviews with representatives of companies that manufacture or market processed foods. Analysis of regulations and structured obs…

  • Social inequality and child malnutrition in four Andean countries

    Open AccessCristina Larrea, Carlos Larrea et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2002

    The sharp contrast between the conditions found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru and those in Colombia may be the result of specific ethnic factors affecting indigenous groups; a particular diet profile in the highland areas, with low protein and micronutrient intake; and differences in the long-term economic and social development paths that the countries have taken. Along with the strong socioeconomic gradient in all the countries, the weight of e…