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MACHADO-DUQUE, Manuel Enrique  y  CALDERON-FLOREZ, Viviana. Socioeconomic determinants, chronic food insecurity and malnutrition in displaced population of early childhood, Pereira, Colombia. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.1, pp.3-8. ISSN 0122-0667.

Introduction: child malnutrition and food insecurity are a current public health problem. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children from 0-5 years old of the rural population of Pereira and determine the association of socioeconomic factors and the level of household food insecurity. Materials and Methods: We performed a prospective crosssectional study in children aged 0-5 years old and their families. We assessed household food security, nutritional, socio-demographic, socio-economic and educational variables of the family. The analyses were run with SPSS 20.0 for Windows. Results: We evaluated 68 children, 51.5% were men; with mean age 32.4 ± 17.2 months (range 2.1 to 59.9 months). The 11.8% of children were malnourished, 67.7% of families have food insecurity, with low economic capacity to purchase food. Food insecurity is associated with more than one-person unemployed (p=0.014), low family contribution to monthly food (low to COP $150,000, p=0.004), buy food at local store (p=0.017) with daily food purchase frequency. Discussion: Despite the existence of intervention programs to improve early childhood nutrition, there is still food insecurity and undernutrition. Strategies should be strengthened to ensure the daily diet of children

Palabras clave : Malnutrition; Infant nutrition disorders; Child nutrition disorders; Food security.

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