INICSA   23916
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Social Inequality and Nutritional Transition in Argentina: an analysis from a socio-ecological study, period 2005-2013
Autor/es:
RODRÍGUEZ JUNYENT, CONSTANZA; SIUFI, YAZMÍN; SCRUZZI, GRACIELA F.; GALLI, SOFÍA; TUMAS, NATALIA; CRIVELLI, VERÓNICA; POU, SONIA A.
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Congreso; IUNS 21st International Congress of Nutrition; 2017
Institución organizadora:
International Union of Nutritional Sciences
Resumen:
Background and objectives: Argentine society is in transitionwith significant sociodemographic and economic gaps. Suchheterogeneous living conditions could generate inequality in thepopulation?s access to health services, education and food, all ofwhich affects its health and nutrition. The aim of this work was toidentify social inequalities according to unmet basic needs (UBN)in the distribution of nutritional transition (NT) indicators in Argentina,in the period of 2005-2013Methods: Multi-group, ecological study (24 geographicalunits: 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires).NT indicators were selected (in three analysis dimensions: nutritionalstate, physical activity, and food intake) obtained from secondarysources of information (official surveys and census data).The mean of each NT indicator was calculated according to thedistribution of provinces by quartile of the indicator ?proportionof households with UBN? (2010). A mean differences test was conductedbetween the provinces belonging to the upper and lowerquartiles. In addition, the concentration index was calculated foreach NT indicator according to the proportion of households withUBN using the EPIDAT version 3.1 software package.Results: The prevalence of low height in children (p=0.003)and anemia (p=0.054) were greater in the provinces belonging tothe upper quartile of UBN (over 15.27% of households with UBN),while the prevalence of childhood obesity, the frequent consumptionof salt, and the use of computers was greater (p