阿富汗营养不良的双重负担:全国调查的二次分析
Obaidullah Fahim1,2, Shafiqullah Shahim3, Ahmad Nawid Shams4
1Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
PloS one
|May 30, 2023
概括
阿富汗面临着严重的营养不良 (DBM) 双重负担,高水平的营养不足和营养过剩在个人和家庭层面上并存. 这凸显了迫切需要有针对性的公共卫生干预措施和国家战略来应对这一复杂的营养挑战.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 关于阿富汗营养不良和营养过剩的同时存在的数据有限.
- 营养不良的双重负担 (DBM) 在全球范围内构成了重大公共卫生挑战.
- 了解DBM患病率对于开发有效的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估阿富汗在个人和家庭层面的双重营养不良负担 (DBM) 的流行情况.
- 提供数据,为旨在打击营养不良的国家政策和计划提供信息.
- 分析超重/肥胖与营养不良和微量营养素缺乏的同时存在.
主要方法:
- 利用了2013年阿富汗国家营养调查数据,包括126,890个人和超过18,000个家庭.
- 定义的个体内DBM是同时存在的超重/肥胖与衰减或微量营养素缺乏.
- 家庭DBM定义为在同一家庭中至少有一个超重/肥胖的成员和至少一个营养不良的成员.
主要成果:
- 个体内DBM的患病率为12.5%,其中11.7%患有超重和衰老,20.5%患有超重和微量营养素缺乏.
- DBM在28.6%的家庭中普遍存在,其中27.3%的家庭成员超重和发育迟缓/减肥/体重不足.
- 在38.3%的家庭中观察到超重和微量营养素缺乏的同时存在.
结论:
- 阿富汗的双重营养负担在个人和家庭层面都有很高的患病率.
- 迫切需要制定国家政策和有针对性的计划,以减轻DBM.
- 干预措施应包括公众意识,粮食援助,强化和食补充.
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