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HOUSEHOLDS WITH UNDERNOURISHED CHILDREN AND OVERWEIGHT MOTHERS: IS THIS A CONCERN FOR HAITI?

Authors: Raphaël, Darline1; Delisle, HéLène1; Vilgrain, Colette2

Source: Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Volume 44, Number 2, 2005 , pp. 147-165(19)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The coexistence of child malnutrition and adult overweight/obesity typifies rapid nutrition transition and is likely widespread in poor urban populations. This cross-sectional study assessed households' anthropometric profile and socio-economic characteristics in a shantytown in Haiti. Out of 203 sampled households, 14% had a malnourished child (

Keywords: nutrition transition; obesity; malnutrition; double nutritional burden; Haiti

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03670240590923550

Affiliations: 1: Department of Nutrition, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2: Fondation Haïtienne du Diabète et des Maladies Cardio-Vasculaires (FHADIMAC)

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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