Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica
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Summary: | Obesity has a multifactorial etiology in which the most important factors are related to lifestyle. High prevalence of obesity is basically caused by important changes in nourishment, in the pattern of physical activity and by other sociocultural factors, which have produced a nutritional transition process. Due to the trends of increase and of social differences in obesity, the minorities and populations with lower educational and socioeconomic level can be the most affected groups. In poor people, obesity is associated, among others, with malnutrition episodes in childhood, even during intrauterine life, and also with alimentary, sociocultural and gender factors. The relationship between obesity and socioeconomic condition is very changeable and complex, since the association is different in distinct socioeconomic contexts and it may remain hidden by several factors (physical exercise, diet, psychological factors, heredity, sociocultural factors) that influence the association. The socioeconomic level might determine the presence of obesity, and obesity, in turn, might cause social consequences to the individual (if social mobility is the most relevant factor, obesity is the one that would determine the individual's social position). The arguments proposed here are sufficient to justify the importance of the problem in Latin America. Thus, it must represent a challenge, principally for researchers and decision makers, translatable in prioritizing obesity in poverty conditions. |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica Obesity and poverty: conceptual references for its analysis in Latin America ObesidadPobrezaObesityPoverty Obesity has a multifactorial etiology in which the most important factors are related to lifestyle. High prevalence of obesity is basically caused by important changes in nourishment, in the pattern of physical activity and by other sociocultural factors, which have produced a nutritional transition process. Due to the trends of increase and of social differences in obesity, the minorities and populations with lower educational and socioeconomic level can be the most affected groups. In poor people, obesity is associated, among others, with malnutrition episodes in childhood, even during intrauterine life, and also with alimentary, sociocultural and gender factors. The relationship between obesity and socioeconomic condition is very changeable and complex, since the association is different in distinct socioeconomic contexts and it may remain hidden by several factors (physical exercise, diet, psychological factors, heredity, sociocultural factors) that influence the association. The socioeconomic level might determine the presence of obesity, and obesity, in turn, might cause social consequences to the individual (if social mobility is the most relevant factor, obesity is the one that would determine the individual's social position). The arguments proposed here are sufficient to justify the importance of the problem in Latin America. Thus, it must represent a challenge, principally for researchers and decision makers, translatable in prioritizing obesity in poverty conditions. La obesidad tiene una etiología multifactorial en la que los factores de mayor fuerza se relacionan con los estilos de vida. El incremento tan abrupto de la obesidad y su gran extensión obedecen principalmente a cambios importantes en la alimentación de la población, al patrón de actividad física y a otros factores de índole sociocultural, todo lo cual se ha manifestado en un proceso de transición nutricional. Las tendencias de aumento y de las diferencias sociales en la obesidad, hacen que las minorías y aquellos estratos de la población con menor nivel educativo y socioeconómico puedan ser los más afectados. En los pobres la obesidad se asocia, entre otros, a episodios de desnutrición en la edad temprana, incluso durante la vida intrauterina, a factores alimentarios, socioculturales y de género. La relación entre la obesidad y la condición socioeconómica es muy variable y compleja, ya que la asociación es diferente en contextos socioeconómicos distintos y puede quedar disimulada por varios factores (ejercicio físico, dieta, factores psicológicos, herencia, factores socioculturales) que influyen en la asociación. Tanto el nivel socioeconómico podría condicionar la presencia de obesidad, como la obesidad podría tener consecuencias sociales en el individuo (si la movilidad social es el factor más relevante, es la obesidad la que condicionaría la posición social del individuo). Los argumentos tratados son suficientes para justificar la importancia del problema en Latinoamérica. De esta manera, debe representar un desafío, principalmente para investigadores y aquellos que toman decisiones, traducible en priorizar la obesidad en condiciones de pobreza. Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública2009-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/sausoc/article/view/2951610.1590/S0104-12902009000100011Saúde e Sociedade; v. 18 n. 1 (2009); 103-117 Saúde e Sociedade; Vol. 18 No. 1 (2009); 103-117 Saúde e Sociedade; Vol. 18 Núm. 1 (2009); 103-117 1984-04700104-1290reponame:Saúde e Sociedade (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPspahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/sausoc/article/view/29516/31380Pedraza, Dixis Figueroainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2012-07-05T00:44:50Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/29516Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/sausocPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpsaudesoc@usp.br||lena@usp.br1984-04700104-1290opendoar:2012-07-05T00:44:50Saúde e Sociedade (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica Obesity and poverty: conceptual references for its analysis in Latin America |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica Pedraza, Dixis Figueroa Obesidad Pobreza Obesity Poverty |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica |
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Obesidad y pobreza: marco conceptual para su análisis en latinoamérica |
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Pedraza, Dixis Figueroa |
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Pedraza, Dixis Figueroa |
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Pedraza, Dixis Figueroa |
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Obesidad Pobreza Obesity Poverty |
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Obesidad Pobreza Obesity Poverty |
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Obesity has a multifactorial etiology in which the most important factors are related to lifestyle. High prevalence of obesity is basically caused by important changes in nourishment, in the pattern of physical activity and by other sociocultural factors, which have produced a nutritional transition process. Due to the trends of increase and of social differences in obesity, the minorities and populations with lower educational and socioeconomic level can be the most affected groups. In poor people, obesity is associated, among others, with malnutrition episodes in childhood, even during intrauterine life, and also with alimentary, sociocultural and gender factors. The relationship between obesity and socioeconomic condition is very changeable and complex, since the association is different in distinct socioeconomic contexts and it may remain hidden by several factors (physical exercise, diet, psychological factors, heredity, sociocultural factors) that influence the association. The socioeconomic level might determine the presence of obesity, and obesity, in turn, might cause social consequences to the individual (if social mobility is the most relevant factor, obesity is the one that would determine the individual's social position). The arguments proposed here are sufficient to justify the importance of the problem in Latin America. Thus, it must represent a challenge, principally for researchers and decision makers, translatable in prioritizing obesity in poverty conditions. |
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