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Association of all forms of malnutrition and socioeconomic status, educational level and ethnicity in Colombian children and non-pregnant women
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Change citation format Cediel, G., Perez, E., Gaitán, D., Sarmiento, O., & Gonzalez, L. (2020). Association of all forms of malnutrition and socioeconomic status, educational level and ethnicity in Colombian children and non-pregnant women. Public Health Nutrition, 23(S1), S51-S58. doi:10.1017/S1368980019004257
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10.1017/S1368980019004257
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Cediel Giraldo, Gustavo Andrés
Gaitán Charry, Diego Alejandro
Pérez Tamayo, Eliana María
Sarmiento Dueñas, Olga Lucía
González Zapata, Laura Inés
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ABSTRACT: Objective: To examine the association of all forms of malnutrition and socioeconomic status (SES), educational level and ethnicity in children <5 years, nonpregnant adolescent women (11–19 years) and non-pregnant adult women
(20–49 years) in Colombia.
Design: Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2010 Colombian National
Nutrition Survey. The prevalence of malnutrition was compared across categories
of SES, educational level and ethnicity.
Setting: Colombia.
Participants: The sample for the current analysis comprised children <5 years,
non-pregnant adolescent women (11–19 years) and non-pregnant adult women
(20–49 years).
Results: In children <5 years, a low SES and maternal educational level were
significantly associated with a lower prevalence of overweight/obesity compared
with high levels of SES and maternal education, that is, the prevalence of
overweight/obesity was 1·4 and 1·6 times lower in categories of low SES and
educational levels, respectively. In contrast, the prevalence of wasting, stunting
and anaemia was higher in the lowest SES and maternal educational categories
(the prevalence was between 1·1 and 1·8 times higher for these indicators).
In women, the lowest SES (11 and 19 years) and educational levels (20 and 49 years)
exhibited a higher prevalence in all forms of malnutrition compared with their counterparts in the highest categories (i.e. overweight/obesity, stunting and anaemia).
Additionally, indigenous or Afro-Colombian children and women had the highest
prevalence of malnutrition in comparison with other ethnicities.
Conclusions: These results suggest that public policies should address all forms of
malnutrition that occur in the most vulnerable populations in Colombia using multiple strategies. COL0065608