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Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study

Latin American (LA) women have been exposed to demographic and epidemiologic changes that have transformed their lifestyle, with increasing sedentary and unhealthy eating behaviors. We aimed to identify characteristics of LA women to inform public policies that would benefit these women and their fu...

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Autores principales: Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira, Koletzko, Berthold, Hernandez, Pablo, Landaeta-Jimenez, Maritza, Sifontes, Yaritza, Gómez, Georgina, Kovalskys, Irina, García, Martha Cecilia Yépez, Pareja, Rossina, Cortés, Lilia Yadira, Rigotti, Attilio, Fisberg, Mauro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375712
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010045
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author Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella
Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira
Koletzko, Berthold
Hernandez, Pablo
Landaeta-Jimenez, Maritza
Sifontes, Yaritza
Gómez, Georgina
Kovalskys, Irina
García, Martha Cecilia Yépez
Pareja, Rossina
Cortés, Lilia Yadira
Rigotti, Attilio
Fisberg, Mauro
author_facet Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella
Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira
Koletzko, Berthold
Hernandez, Pablo
Landaeta-Jimenez, Maritza
Sifontes, Yaritza
Gómez, Georgina
Kovalskys, Irina
García, Martha Cecilia Yépez
Pareja, Rossina
Cortés, Lilia Yadira
Rigotti, Attilio
Fisberg, Mauro
author_sort Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella
collection PubMed
description Latin American (LA) women have been exposed to demographic and epidemiologic changes that have transformed their lifestyle, with increasing sedentary and unhealthy eating behaviors. We aimed to identify characteristics of LA women to inform public policies that would benefit these women and their future children. The Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) is a multicenter cross-sectional study of representative samples in eight Latin American countries (n = 9218) with a standardized protocol to investigate dietary intake, anthropometric variables, physical activity, and socioeconomic characteristics. Here we included the subsample of all 3254 women of childbearing age (15 to <45 years). The majority of ELANS women had a low socioeconomic status (53.5%), had a basic education level (56.4%), had a mostly sedentary lifestyle (61.1%), and were overweight or obese (58.7%). According to the logistic multiple regression model, living in Peru and Ecuador predicts twice the risk of being obese, and an increased neck circumference is associated with a 12-fold increased obesity risk. An increased obesity risk was also predicted by age <19 years (Relative Risk (RR) 19.8) and adequate consumption of vitamin D (RR 2.12) and iron (RR 1.3). In conclusion, the identification of these risk predictors of obesity among Latin American women may facilitate targeted prevention strategies focusing on high-risk groups to promote the long-term health of women and their children.
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spelling pubmed-78240152021-01-24 Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira Koletzko, Berthold Hernandez, Pablo Landaeta-Jimenez, Maritza Sifontes, Yaritza Gómez, Georgina Kovalskys, Irina García, Martha Cecilia Yépez Pareja, Rossina Cortés, Lilia Yadira Rigotti, Attilio Fisberg, Mauro Nutrients Article Latin American (LA) women have been exposed to demographic and epidemiologic changes that have transformed their lifestyle, with increasing sedentary and unhealthy eating behaviors. We aimed to identify characteristics of LA women to inform public policies that would benefit these women and their future children. The Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) is a multicenter cross-sectional study of representative samples in eight Latin American countries (n = 9218) with a standardized protocol to investigate dietary intake, anthropometric variables, physical activity, and socioeconomic characteristics. Here we included the subsample of all 3254 women of childbearing age (15 to <45 years). The majority of ELANS women had a low socioeconomic status (53.5%), had a basic education level (56.4%), had a mostly sedentary lifestyle (61.1%), and were overweight or obese (58.7%). According to the logistic multiple regression model, living in Peru and Ecuador predicts twice the risk of being obese, and an increased neck circumference is associated with a 12-fold increased obesity risk. An increased obesity risk was also predicted by age <19 years (Relative Risk (RR) 19.8) and adequate consumption of vitamin D (RR 2.12) and iron (RR 1.3). In conclusion, the identification of these risk predictors of obesity among Latin American women may facilitate targeted prevention strategies focusing on high-risk groups to promote the long-term health of women and their children. MDPI 2020-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7824015/ /pubmed/33375712 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010045 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella
Previdelli, Agatha Nogueira
Koletzko, Berthold
Hernandez, Pablo
Landaeta-Jimenez, Maritza
Sifontes, Yaritza
Gómez, Georgina
Kovalskys, Irina
García, Martha Cecilia Yépez
Pareja, Rossina
Cortés, Lilia Yadira
Rigotti, Attilio
Fisberg, Mauro
Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study
title Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study
title_full Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study
title_fullStr Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study
title_full_unstemmed Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study
title_short Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study
title_sort childbearing age women characteristics in latin america. building evidence bases for early prevention. results from the elans study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375712
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010045
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