Abstract: The phenomenon of undernourishment combined with simultaneous excess weight is called the “double burden of malnutrition.” As part of the research “Improving potato production as a food security contribution of native communities in Nariño, Colombia”(2013), a diagnosis of the food security situation in farmer families was conducted. Stunting or chronic malnutrition is a condition which indicates a food and nutrition insecurity problem in the long term, especially when social, economic, health and environmental conditions have been deficient for a prolonged period. For Andean households in this study, the double burden of malnutrition is higher than regional and national levels, meriting urgent intervention.
Relation: Del Castillo Matamoros, S.E., Mosquera Vásquez, T., Suárez Higuera, E.L. & Heredia Vargas, A.P. (2014). Nutritional Situation of Rural Communities in Nariño, Colombia 2013. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 5, 1521-1528. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/fns.2014.515164; http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53668
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