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Horizonte sanitario
On-line version ISSN 2007-7459Print version ISSN 1665-3262
Abstract
EKMEIRO-SALVADOR, Jesús Enrique and AREVALO-VERA, Cruz Rafael. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, and dietary characterization of Venezuelan older adults. Horiz. sanitario [online]. 2023, vol.22, n.3, pp.477-488. Epub May 03, 2024. ISSN 2007-7459. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n3.5470.
Objective:
Anthropometric and dietary characterization of elderly Venezuelans according to their socioeconomic stratification, determining their nutritional adequacy based on national references.
Materials and methods:
Through the Graffar technique, 484 older adults were categorized socioeconomically; evaluating their intake pattern through the combined technique of R24H and FCCA, to compare it qualitatively with the weighted reference values of Venezuelan macro and micronutrients.
Results:
35.3% (n=171) had deficits and no obesity was reported in the group. Only the 60-69 age subgroup demonstrated an energy profile adjusted to national references; those older than 70 years averaged a diet of insufficient energy and protein. All age subgroups showed inadequacy for Ca, Mg, Zn and vitamins A and C. The inadequacy was described more extensively in the same proportion as age increased. The most energy-poor diets proved to be those with the least dietary diversity.
Conclusions:
The current food-nutritional vulnerability of this population group is widely shown, especially in the lower social strata and educational levels.
Keywords : Elderly, Anthropometry; Nutrition; Venezuela.