Obesity and malnutrition while in Venezuela
Obesity and malnutrition while their citizens?
Today there is a large percentage of obese Venezuelans
malnourished, which is a dangerous combination that manifests more
mostly in the poorest social classes in our country.
Developing countries, like most in Latin America,
They immersed in a nutrition transition following factors
cultural, economic and behavioral. Following this
Indeed, Venezuela is occurring food overlap in
community, ie observed while overweight and underweight.
There has been an increase in the number of migrations
rural residents to urban in search of a better quality of life,
and the increase in family income. However, the population is expected to
You will encounter an "urban poverty", beginning to change the "diet
rural "by the" modern diet ", in which the processed foods prevail, rich
in saturated fats, sugars and animal protein. In that environment
deficiencies and poor diet, called "double nutritional burden" is presented.
Obesity and malnutrition occurs more often in class
poorer social, because they have a diet based on carbohydrates and
almost no fat and eat fruits and vegetables.
Know that the more economically submerged is a family,
less balanced diet is leading. "The staple diet is poor. The
food they buy the poor are more calorically dense, cheaper,
They are regulated and are sold in public networks ".
In any social class that most food consumed by Venezuelans
It is the cornmeal, which becomes 10.5% of the total purchase. But
problem is that the most consumed foods that follow it are
rice, bread and pasta, also carbohydrates- and then fat.
The survey by Landaeta and Herrera in the first half of
2015, revealed that 80.1% of respondents say they do not have enough money
to buy food, a percentage that rises to 85.3% in families
lower income
Malnutrition in the country has the double burden of malnutrition and obesity
simultaneously, greatly affecting children and adolescents; besides the
pregnancy at early ages also "helps to increase the cycle
intergenerational malnutrition, "according to the specialists declared.
Other data emerging from the survey is that 11.3% of the
Venezuelans eat only twice a day, a situation that also worsens in
lower income sectors where 39.1% of people do not get three
daily meals and rarely consume eggs, fruits and vegetables.
As for exercise that make Venezuelans, 47% said no
even walking, a point also relates directly to the
economic capacity, and that by their study the researchers
They found that the more income a person's physical activity
makes. As for the middle class, 44.6% replied that they exercise
moderate and 10.4% doing so intensely; whereas in
51.5% higher sectors practiced moderately and 13.6% so
Poor eating habits, among which there are much consumption
soda and chips, make that many Venezuelans are overweight or malnourished
After years of social investment and increase the lowest incomes,
Venezuelan children do not die of hunger but are vulnerable to
eat poorly and diseases can hide behind good
appearance, major nutritional deficiencies.
This "double burden" was addressed by experts who participated in the
International Congress on Nutrition and Health recently held in Caracas and
He showed further that in the big cities of the country are more people watching
overweight and the most affected by malnutrition interior.
He stressed that there are obese people in the country with "hunger
hidden ", a classification that applies to those who do not look malnourished but
They have nutrient deficiencies.
Currently in poor communities in Caracas and Maracaibo prevails
overweight, malnutrition is also seen, but in poor communities
Apure have found up to 34% of malnutrition.
