拉丁美洲微量营养素缺乏持续的挑战需要采取行动
A C Fernández-Gaxiola1, A García-Guerra1, L M Neufeld2
1Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Food and nutrition bulletin
|August 1, 2024
概括
微量营养素缺乏会影响全球的健康,尤其是在拉丁美洲. 需要重新关注解决这一公共卫生问题并改善营养计划.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 营养 公共卫生 营养
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 营养流行病学 营养流行病学
背景情况:
- 微量营养素缺乏会在所有生命阶段显著损害生长,发育和健康.
- 这些缺陷加剧了传染病和慢性疾病,增加了发病率,死亡率,降低了生活质量.
- 拉丁美洲历来一直在营养干预方面领先,但微量营养素缺乏似乎被忽视了该地区的公共卫生问题.
研究的目的:
- 强调迫切需要重新提高人们对拉丁美洲微量营养素缺乏问题的认识和宣传.
- 强调对该地区微量营养素缺乏的流行和负担的最新数据的急需.
- 强调当前数据对于有效的计划设计和未来风险预测的重要性.
主要方法:
- 审查现有的全球和区域关于微量营养素缺乏的数据.
- 分析拉丁美洲关于微量营养素缺乏问题的公共卫生议程的现状.
- 识别饮食摄入量数据缺口和营养不良的双重负担.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,有3.72亿儿童和12亿处于生育年龄的妇女至少有一种微量营养素缺乏.
- 关于拉丁美洲微量营养素缺乏的数据有限且过时,掩盖了真正的负担.
- 微量营养素缺乏似乎在拉丁美洲的公共卫生议程上降低了优先级,尽管它们的影响很大.
结论:
- 解决拉丁美洲的微量营养素缺陷需要重新承诺量化和监测.
- 更新的数据对于开发和调整有效的公共卫生计划至关重要.
- 基于当前证据的战略规划可以减轻微量营养素缺乏的可预防负担.
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