TITLE:
Nutritional Situation of Rural Communities in Nariño, Colombia 2013
AUTHORS:
Sara Eloísa Del Castillo Matamoros, Teresa Mosquera Vásquez, Eliana Lorena Suárez Higuera, Ana Patricia Heredia Vargas
KEYWORDS:
Nutritional Situation, Anthropometry, Stunting, Excess Weight, Nariño’s Rural Families
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.5 No.15,
August
27,
2014
ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate the nutritional situation
by anthropometry of the rural families population aged 0 to 64 years in the
municipalities of Pasto, Túquerres, Guachucal, Cumbal and Cuaspud in the Nari?o
Department (Colombia). Materials and Methods: As part of the research “Improving
potato production as a food security contribution of native communities in
Nariño, Colombia”, aged October and December in 2013, an initial diagnosis of
the food security situation in farmer families was conducted, through direct
visits to the households selected in the sample, where in the household
members, after standardization of field team, the anthropometric measures of
weight and height were taken, using electronic scales, infantometers and
stadiometers. Conclusions: A significant stunting was reported in children up
to 7 years. In children aged 0 - 5 years group and children aged 5 - 17 years
group, the results exceed by more than double the department data (according to
National Survey of the Nutritional
Situation in Colombia ENSIN 2010), and almost three times the national
data. The underweight was generally low in all the analysed groups, although
concerned the significant overweight percentage. In children aged 0 - 5 years
group, the overweight data (above 2 SD) exceeded twice the department and
national data according to the ENSIN 2010, although in the children aged 5 - 17
years group, the overweight and obesity was lower than the departmental and
national data. In adults, the results reported that one of each two people in
the range of 18 to 64 years in the five municipalities had excess weight
(overweight or obesity) which was similar data respected to the department and
national data. Additionally, it was noted that 18% of households were found among
adults with overweight, and simultaneously, children with stunting, this
situation has been called double burden of malnutrition and this is an aspect
that must be analysed to identify intervention strategies.