Abstract

AGUILAR L, Ana María et al. Child obesity in rural municipalities at altitude. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2015, vol.56, n.1, pp.20-26. ISSN 1562-6776.

Research question Wich are the understanding and practices of feeding, nutrition and caring mothers and/or nursemaids and their association with overweight and obesity in children under two years of age living in Bolivian rural municipalities ofhigh altitude? Objective To determine knowledge and feeding and child care of mothers or care givers and the association with overweight and obesity in children under two years of age living in Bolivian rural municipalities of high altitude Methodology: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. All children under 2 years old (290) of a baseline line survey of the Issandes Project were included, the whole survey sample was of 450 children under three years of age living in 75 communities of rural communities in the Bolivian Andean region. Anthropometric measures of children under two years were collected and feeding and care knowledge and practices of their mothers or caregivers. The survey was done during September to November 2012. In a sub sample a 24 hour dietary recall was taken weighing all food mentioned. For the analysis, weight to height Z score with the cut off points related to overweight and obesity was considered... Results: The study found 10% of overweight and obesity, which is above the media in the country. None of knowledge, practices or nutrition adequacy was found relevant for obesity. Conclusions: Presence of obesity early in life time was found. It is recommendable to develop survey focused on obesity to find out characteristics that could cause this condition

Keywords : children obesity; overweight; altitude.

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