Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study

Background: Latin America has experienced changes in lifestyle since 1960.Aim: The aim was to determine the prevalence of obesity and stunting among eight countries of Latin American and to identify the determinant risk factors for obesity.Subjects and Methods: Data were obtained from 9,218 particip...

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Autores principales:	Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Irina Kovalskys, Alejandro Gerardi, Pablo Hernandez, Yaritza Sifontes, Georgina Gómez, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Betty Méndez-Pérez, Maritza Landaeta-Jimenez, Rossina Pareja, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Attilio Rigotti, Mauro Fisberg, Iona Zalcman Zimberg
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	Latin America ELANS study obesity stunting health risk Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6d6fc50884c546e497b9348d007463782021-11-08T07:44:24ZAnthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study2296-861X10.3389/fnut.2021.740361https://doaj.org/article/6d6fc50884c546e497b9348d007463782021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.740361/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-861XBackground: Latin America has experienced changes in lifestyle since 1960.Aim: The aim was to determine the prevalence of obesity and stunting among eight countries of Latin American and to identify the determinant risk factors for obesity.Subjects and Methods: Data were obtained from 9,218 participants of the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS), a multicenter cross-sectional study of the representative samples in eight Latin American countries. All the participants completed a standard protocol to investigate the nutrient intake and anthropometric variables (weight, height, and circumferences) analyzed by country, gender, age, and socioeconomic status.Results: The prevalence of obesity was higher in Costa Rica and Venezuela (29%) and lower in Colombia (16%), stunting was reported higher in Peru (47%) and lower in Argentina (17%), and waist and neck circumferences showed the higher values in Costa Rica (43%) and Chile (52%) and lower values in Colombia (23 and 26%).Conclusion: This study indicates an increasing trend toward overweight and obesity that are associated with lower socioeconomic status, being a woman, and concurs with inadequate intakes of calcium, which may be related to poor quality diet and in the long term could constitute risk factors for the chronic diseases and a health burden to the region.Marianella Herrera-CuencaMarianella Herrera-CuencaIrina KovalskysAlejandro GerardiPablo HernandezYaritza SifontesYaritza SifontesGeorgina GómezMartha Cecilia Yépez GarcíaBetty Méndez-PérezMaritza Landaeta-JimenezRossina ParejaLilia Yadira CortésAttilio RigottiMauro FisbergMauro FisbergIona Zalcman ZimbergFrontiers Media S.A.articleLatin AmericaELANS studyobesitystuntinghealth riskNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENFrontiers in Nutrition, Vol 8 (2021)
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topic	Latin America ELANS study obesity stunting health risk Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
spellingShingle	Latin America ELANS study obesity stunting health risk Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Irina Kovalskys Alejandro Gerardi Pablo Hernandez Yaritza Sifontes Yaritza Sifontes Georgina Gómez Martha Cecilia Yépez García Betty Méndez-Pérez Maritza Landaeta-Jimenez Rossina Pareja Lilia Yadira Cortés Attilio Rigotti Mauro Fisberg Mauro Fisberg Iona Zalcman Zimberg Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study
description	Background: Latin America has experienced changes in lifestyle since 1960.Aim: The aim was to determine the prevalence of obesity and stunting among eight countries of Latin American and to identify the determinant risk factors for obesity.Subjects and Methods: Data were obtained from 9,218 participants of the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS), a multicenter cross-sectional study of the representative samples in eight Latin American countries. All the participants completed a standard protocol to investigate the nutrient intake and anthropometric variables (weight, height, and circumferences) analyzed by country, gender, age, and socioeconomic status.Results: The prevalence of obesity was higher in Costa Rica and Venezuela (29%) and lower in Colombia (16%), stunting was reported higher in Peru (47%) and lower in Argentina (17%), and waist and neck circumferences showed the higher values in Costa Rica (43%) and Chile (52%) and lower values in Colombia (23 and 26%).Conclusion: This study indicates an increasing trend toward overweight and obesity that are associated with lower socioeconomic status, being a woman, and concurs with inadequate intakes of calcium, which may be related to poor quality diet and in the long term could constitute risk factors for the chronic diseases and a health burden to the region.
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author	Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Irina Kovalskys Alejandro Gerardi Pablo Hernandez Yaritza Sifontes Yaritza Sifontes Georgina Gómez Martha Cecilia Yépez García Betty Méndez-Pérez Maritza Landaeta-Jimenez Rossina Pareja Lilia Yadira Cortés Attilio Rigotti Mauro Fisberg Mauro Fisberg Iona Zalcman Zimberg
author_facet	Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Marianella Herrera-Cuenca Irina Kovalskys Alejandro Gerardi Pablo Hernandez Yaritza Sifontes Yaritza Sifontes Georgina Gómez Martha Cecilia Yépez García Betty Méndez-Pérez Maritza Landaeta-Jimenez Rossina Pareja Lilia Yadira Cortés Attilio Rigotti Mauro Fisberg Mauro Fisberg Iona Zalcman Zimberg
author_sort	Marianella Herrera-Cuenca
title	Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study
title_short	Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study
title_full	Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study
title_fullStr	Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study
title_full_unstemmed	Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study
title_sort	anthropometric profile of latin american population: results from the elans study
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6d6fc50884c546e497b9348d00746378
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Anthropometric Profile of Latin American Population: Results From the ELANS Study

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