Socioeconomic inequalities in the consumption of fruits and vegetables: Colombian National Nutrition Survey, 2010.

The objective of this study was to estimate inequalities in the consumption of fruits and vegetables. A multilevel study was performed based on cross-sectional data of adults from 18 to 64 years of age (n = 5,217) and in geodemographic units (n = 33). The consumption of fruits and vegetables was estimated with a food frequency questionnaire administered as part of the 2010 Colombian National Nutrition Survey (ENSIN).

Consumption of sweetened-beverages and poverty in Colombia: when access is not an advantage.

Background: This study characterizes the intake of sweetened beverages and establishes whether economic inequalities in their consumption exists.

Methods: Ecological study. Mixed methods using food frequency questionnaire and inequality indices.

Dietary transition and excess weight in adults according to the Encuesta de la Situación Nutricional en Colombia, 2010.

Introduction: Dietary transition is codetermined by demographic and nutritional transitions. 

Objectives: To establish the prevalence of overweight individuals among Colombians aged 18 to 64, identify their dietary patterns and establish the relationship between this and their excess weight. 

Materials And Methods: We analyzed the Encuesta de la Situación Nutricional en Colombia, 2010 (National Survey of the Nutritional Situation in Colombia, 2010).

[Food insecurity: associated variables and issues for public policy].

Introduction: The validity of the explanations change over time according to the state of demographic, epidemiological and nutritional transitions.

Objective: Five methods were compared to establish t he magnitude of food insecurity and related variables.

Material And Methods: Four hundred and thirty-two households in Colombia were classified using five methods, including (1) the scale of perceptions of food safety (EPSA),(2) the Latin American and Caribbean scale (ELCSA), (3) the usual intake of energy from the head of household, (4) the usual consumption of energy of all members of the home, and (5) an algorithm based on consumption and status of children.

[Forced displacement, childhood and adolescence: scenarios regarding socioeconomic stability].

Objective: Describing and analysing socio-economic stabilisation scenarios for populations which have been forcibly displaced paying special attention to the situation of children and adolescents.

Method: The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) multi-criteria decision-making method developed by Professor Thomas Saaty was used through expert workshops, involving researchers, leaders of NGOs and displaced communities living in the city of Bucaramanga.

Results: The partial result of this research showed that some elderly adults from forcibly displaced communities preferred to adapt themselves to urban centres, rather than return to their places of origin, particularly when it came to protecting younger children and dealing with their welfare.