Dietary intake and cardiometabolic risk factors among Venezuelan adults: a nationally representative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing trends in global obesity have been attributed to a nutrition transition where healthy foods are replaced by ultra-processed foods. It remains unknown if this nutrition transition has occurred in Venezuela, a country undergoing a socio-political crisis with widespread food shortages.

Methods

We described dietary intake of Venezuelans from a nationally representative study conducted between 2014 and 2017. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of dietary, sociodemographic, and clinical data from Venezuelans ≥20 years of age (n = 3420). Dietary intake was assessed using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Standardized clinical and anthropometric measurements estimated obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. A Dietary Diversity Sco

SUBMITTER: Goodman D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7566137 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature