Obesity and malnutrition while in Venezuela

Obesity and malnutrition while in Venezuela

Did you know that in Venezuela is currently suffering the scourge of

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.