Double burden of malnutrition in 115 Latin American cities: An ecological analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Using newly harmonized aggregated data on health and socioeconomic environments in Latin American cities (from the Salud Urbana en América Latina (SALURBAL) study), we assessed the association of city-level contextual factors with the prevalence of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in urban settings.

Methods

This ecological study used aggregated survey data from 115 Latin American cities within five countries (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru) collected between 2008 and 2016. DBM were defined as the coexistence of stunting in children under 5y and overweight/obesity among adult women at the city-level. We ran ordinal logistic regression models to examine macrolevel contextual factors that might explain the city-level DBM. Independent variabl

SUBMITTER: Mazariegos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12305479 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature