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SUCRE-RAMIREZ, A J; NAVIA-BUENO, M D P  y  PAYE-HUANCA, E O. Association of the determinants of nutritional food safety with the presence of overweight and obesity in the population that comes to the clinical epidemiology unit of the IINSAD of the faculty of medicine - UMSA. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2019, vol.60, n.1, pp.24-31. ISSN 1562-6776.

Abtract Objective: To identify the association of food security determinants of overweight and obesity in the population attending the Clinical Epidemiology Unit of IINSAD Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Medical Technology - UMSA La Paz, 2015. Material and methods: An observational analytical case-control study, 288 individuals attending the IINSAD of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Medical Technology - UMSA. 144 cases and 144 controls were analyzed. A food survey, where the consumption and food frequency and specific questions about availability, physical and economic access to food occurred was applied. Anthropometric assessment was performed to identify cases and controls. Results: There is a greater likelihood of becoming overweight or obese in people with insufficient economic access to food OR = 2.1 (95% CI 1.3-3.6 p = 0.003). The greater the food expenditure proportion of a family, the greater is the consumption the energy from carbohydrates and fats OR = 30 (95% CI 23.6-58.8 p = 0.000). No association between the availability of food and the place of supply is found. Conclusions: There are factors associated to the presence of overweight and obesity determinants of nutritional food security such as income for the purchase of food, food consumption in quantity and quality of consumed diet and nutrient adequacy, the availability of food and the place of supplying is not considered associated for this study.

Palabras clave : Usage; availability; physical and economic access to food; overweight and obesity.

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