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Revista Ciencias de la Salud
Print version ISSN 1692-7273
Abstract
TEMPORELLI, Karina and VIEGO, Valentina. Malnutrition: Impact of Habits, Individual Factors and Living Conditions in Adult Urban Population in Argentina. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2015, vol.13, n.2, pp.159-170. ISSN 1692-7273. https://doi.org/10.12804/revsalud13.02.2015.03.
Introduction: Malnutrition refers to imbalances (either deficit or excess) in energy intake, protein and/or nutrients, including underweight and obesity. The aim of this work is to identify the contribution of individual factors, habits and life conditions in nutritional status. Material and methods: Estimates of relative risk ratios are obtained from a multinomial logistic model using microdata from the National Survey of Risk Factors conducted in 2005 and 2009 among adult population in Argentinean cities. Results: Malnutrition is associated with constitutive and socioeconomic variables, while habits are also important in obesity cases. Discussion: Both types of problems coexist in Argentina due to a high heterogeneity in life styles, turning it difficult to design public interventions aimed to solve them. This complexity highlights the importance of a careful and specific multidimensional approach (medical, social, economic).
Keywords : Malnutrition; obesity; habits; socioeconomic condition.