Changes in the nutritional status of Bolivian women 1994-1998: demographic and social predictors

Introduction: Bolivia, as one of the poorest Latin American countries, has dealt with the problems of undernutrition for the last 50 y. Little importance has been given to the increase in overweight and obesity among the population, despite the scientific evidence linking overweight and obesity with...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2004-04, Vol.58 (4), p.660-666
Main Authors: Perez-Cueto, F.J.A, Kolsteren, P.W.V.J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Body weight
Bolivia - epidemiology
Children
Clinical Nutrition
Demographics
Demography
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Logistic Models
Malnutrition
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
original-communication
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Overweight
Polls & surveys
Population studies
Prevalence
Public Health
Secondary analysis
Social Change
Statistical analysis
Thinness - epidemiology
Undernutrition
Underweight
Weight
Women
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Summary:Introduction: Bolivia, as one of the poorest Latin American countries, has dealt with the problems of undernutrition for the last 50 y. Little importance has been given to the increase in overweight and obesity among the population, despite the scientific evidence linking overweight and obesity with mortality and morbidity. Objective: To describe the social and demographic determinants of the nutritional status among women in Bolivia between 1989 and 1998 to gain a better understanding of the nutrition transition phenomena and to identify urgent research needs. Methodology: Secondary analysis of the raw data of the Bolivian National Demographic and Health Surveys of 1994 and 1998. Changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity and overweight are described by sociodemographic characteristics of Bolivian women. Social and demographic determinants of nutritional status have been fitted into a logistic model. Results: The prevalence of overweight (defined as 25
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601862