Abstract

MURCIA-MORENO, Nancy Paola  and  CORTES-OSORIO, Valentina. Double Burden of Malnutrition in Caldas and an Approach to its Social Determinants. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2016, vol.64, n.2, pp.239-247. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v64n2.49609.

Introduction. The social problems that arise from the Double Burden of Malnutrition have been recently recognized. Nevertheless, studies carried out in Bogotá D.C. and the municipality Tumaco stand out. Objective. To identify and analyze both the general population and the individual double burden of malnutrition in Caldas from the Diagnóstico Nutricional de Caldas 2014 (Spanish for Caldas Nutritional Diagnosis, 2014) in order to make an approach to its main social determinants in the municipality of Aguadas, Caldas. Materials and Methods. A descriptive, analytical and cross cutting study developed in two phases. During the first phase the Diagnóstico Nutricional de Caldas 2014 data bases were analyzed to identify both the general population and the individual double burden of malnutrition, considering the variables sex and age. The second phase consisted of the design, the implementation and the analysis of an interview in seven similar cases in order to make an approach to the double burden of malnutrition social determinants in Aguadas, Caldas. Results. General population double burden of malnutrition is evident in all the groups that were assessed; besides there is low prevalence of individual double burden of malnutrition. The main determinants of the double burden of malnutrition in Aguadas are socioeconomic, gestational and nutritional. Conclusion. General population double burden of malnutrition is present in Caldas, with children under 18 years being the group with the highest prevalence values. No significant differences in terms of sex were observed. It is fundamental to identify the main double burden of malnutrition social determinants to have an impact in the problematic foundations.

Keywords : Social Determinants of Health; Overweight; Obesity; Malnutrition.

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