Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of the double burden of malnutrition in mother-child pairs in Latin America and the Caribbean

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作者
Otten, Hannah Susann [1 ,3 ]
Seferidi, Paraskevi [2 ]
机构
[1] Imperial Coll London, Sch Publ Hlth, London, England
[2] Imperial Coll London, Sch Publ Hlth, Publ Hlth Policy Evaluat Unit, London, England
[3] Imperial Coll London, Sch Publ Hlth, London W2 1PG, England
关键词
malnutrition; EXCESS BODY-WEIGHT; UNDERNUTRITION; COEXISTENCE; NUTRITION;
D O I
10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000489
中图分类号
R15 [营养卫生、食品卫生]; TS201 [基础科学];
学科分类号
100403 ;
摘要
BackgroundThe double burden of malnutrition (DBM), which refers to the coexistence of overnutrition and undernutrition among populations, households or individuals, is a growing problem in low/middle-income countries. The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region has been particularly affected by the DBM, following a nutrition transition and a rapid increase in overweight, obesity and diet-related disease, while high levels of undernutrition persist. This study aims to describe the prevalence of four different DBM definitions in mother-child pairs across nine LAC countries and investigate the socioeconomic determinants of overweight mothers with at least one stunted child (SCOM).MethodsWe used cross-sectional data from the Demographic and Health Surveys for all analyses. We used descriptive statistics to obtain prevalence rates and conducted multiple logistic regression analyses to investigate the association between SCOM households and socioeconomic determinants, including wealth index, maternal education, place of residency and whether the mother was working, adjusted for a range of variables.ResultsOverweight/obese mothers with at least one anaemic child were the most common type of DBM, with a prevalence of 19.39%, followed by SCOM with a prevalence of 10.44%. Statistically significant socioeconomic predictors of SCOM were households with a lower wealth index, lower maternal education and living in rural areas.ConclusionThis study showed that the overall prevalence of most DBM definitions examined was high, which points to the need for urgent interventions in the LAC region. The unique set of socioeconomic predictors of SCOM identified in this study calls for future double-duty policies that simultaneously target food affordability, nutrition education and access to healthy food.
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页码:263 / 270
页数:8
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