Bibliographic citations
Alva, M., (2024). Asociación entre la inseguridad alimentaria y el exceso de peso en niños peruanos menores de 5 años de edad, 2015 al 2017 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673622
Alva, M., Asociación entre la inseguridad alimentaria y el exceso de peso en niños peruanos menores de 5 años de edad, 2015 al 2017 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673622
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title = "Asociación entre la inseguridad alimentaria y el exceso de peso en niños peruanos menores de 5 años de edad, 2015 al 2017",
author = "Alva Falcon, Magdalena Shianelly",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2024"
}
Background. At present, childhood excess weight is a public problem, the consequences of which are manifested throughout life. The child´s nutritional situation is expressed not only in the type of diet, but also in living conditions. The relationship between food insecurity and excess weight in children has not been conclusive in studies in different contexts. Objective. The objective was to evaluate whether there is an association between food insecurity and excess weight in children under 5 years of age, Peru 2015 to 2017. Methods. A secondary cross-sectional analytical study was carried out on the Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) 2015 to 2017 and information on food insecurity obtained from the “Map of Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in the Face of the Recurrence of Phenomena of Natural Origin 2015”. The population was children under 5 years of age who had anthropometric and hemoglobin measurements. The independent variable was food insecurity in children under 5 years of age according to district, using the categories established by the World Food Program (WFP) and the National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Reduction of Natural Disasters (CENEPRED) as low, medium, high. and very high. The main dependent variable was excess weight and was considered according to the criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO), weight/height for age, categorized as normal, overweight and obesity. A crude and adjusted multivariate analysis was performed, using a generalized linear model (GLM) of the family and log Poisson option. Results. In the adjusted model, it was found that children under five years of age from districts with medium AI had 44.0% less probability of being overweight than children from districts with low AI (aPR 0.56 CI 95.0% 0.47; 0.67 p<0.001), those Children from districts with high IA had 60.0% less probability of being overweight than those from districts with low IA (PRa 0.40 95% CI 0.31; 0.51 p<0.001) and those children from districts with very high IA had 67.0% less probability of be overweight than children from districts with low AI (PRa 0.33 95% CI 0.26; 0.42 p<0.001). Observing that as the level of AI increases in the children's districts, the probability of excess weight decreases. The prevalence of children under five years of age with excess weight according to district with AI was 2.1% very high, 2.7% high, 4.3% medium and 9.8% low. Conclusion. An inverse association was found between children under 5 years of age from districts with AI and excess weight; as the level of AI increases, the probability of excess weight decreases. It is necessary to take targeted measures according to district with AI to prevent excess weight in children under five years of age.
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