OBJECTIVE: To describe health and nutrition status in the elderly population in Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Information from 5,480 adults (>60 years) obtained by the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT-2006) was analyzed. Frequencies, means, and confidence intervals at 95% were obtained and adjusted for design effect. RESULTS: Forty percent of the adults reported a lack of social security, 2% suffered from malnutrition, women were affected two times more than men by anemia (34.8 vs. 17%), more than 60% of the population were overweight and had obesity, approximately 25% suffered from hypertension according to the survey, and between 15 and 20% were diabetic. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that health and nutrition status among the Mexican elderly population is inadequate. This is a situation that urgently needs to be addressed in order to improve the quality of life of older adults in Mexico.
OBJECTIVE: To describe health and nutrition status in the elderly population in Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Information from 5,480 adults (>60 years) obtained by the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT-2006) was analyzed. Frequencies, means, and confidence intervals at 95% were obtained and adjusted for design effect. RESULTS: Forty percent of the adults reported a lack of social security, 2% suffered from malnutrition, women were affected two times more than men by anemia (34.8 vs. 17%), more than 60% of the population were overweight and had obesity, approximately 25% suffered from hypertension according to the survey, and between 15 and 20% were diabetic. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that health and nutrition status among the Mexican elderly population is inadequate. This is a situation that urgently needs to be addressed in order to improve the quality of life of older adults in Mexico.
Authors: O Rosas-Carrasco; T Juarez-Cedillo; L Ruiz-Arregui; C Garcia Pena; G Vargas-Alarcon; S Sánchez-García Journal: J Nutr Health Aging Date: 2012-01 Impact factor: 4.075
Authors: Rebeca Wong; Alejandra Michaels-Obregón; Alberto Palloni; Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo; César González-González; Mariana López-Ortega; Martha María Téllez-Rojo; Laura Rosario Mendoza-Alvarado Journal: Salud Publica Mex Date: 2015
Authors: A Rodríguez-Tadeo; A Wall-Medrano; M E Gaytan-Vidaña; A Campos; M Ornelas-Contreras; H I Novelo-Huerta Journal: J Nutr Health Aging Date: 2012-05 Impact factor: 4.075