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La desnutrición en los primeros anos de vida: Un análisis regional para Colombia

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  • Karina Acosta O.

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Colombia is a country with large regional differences in levels of development, as well as high levels of malnutrition that limit its potential productivity. By using data from the National Survey of Nutritional Status 2010, this paper characterizes the nutritional status of children between 1 and 4 years of age and evaluates access to adequate health care and the particularities of the children in this matter. Among the main results, the importance of the characteristics of mothers, living conditions and prenatal care are salient in the explanation of malnutrition in the aggregate. At the regional level, there are differences, where Bogota and the Caribbean are the regions with higher levels of chronic and global malnutrition respectively. As control measures in the long-term, the mother´s age in Bogota is more important, while in the Caribbean the years of education of the mother are more important. I also emphasize the coverage of vaccines as an important determinant of global malnutrition as measured by weight retardation. RESUMEN: Colombia es un país con grandes diferencias regionales en los niveles de desarrollo. Además, tiene altos niveles de desnutrición que limitan su potencial productivo. Con base en los datos de la Encuesta Nacional de la Situación Nutricional para el 2010, este trabajo caracteriza los estados nutricionales de los ninos entre 1 y 4 anos y también se analizan el acceso a una salud adecuada y las particularidades de los ninos en esta materia. Entre los principales resultados, se percibe la importancia de las características de las madres, las condiciones de vida y una atención prenatal para las madres en la explicación de la desnutrición a nivel agregado. A nivel regional, se encuentra que Bogotá y el Caribe son las regiones con mayores niveles de desnutrición crónica y global, respectivamente. Al respecto, se encontró que las medidas de control de largo plazo a partir de las características maternas, el control de la edad en la que se es madre es más importante en Bogotá, mientras que en el Caribe características como los anos de educación cobran mayor importancia. Esto explica el hecho de que el efecto de la educación de la madre se vuelve marginalmente decreciente en la medida en que estas alcanzan un nivel completo de secundaria. Adicionalmente, se resalta también la necesidad del cubrimiento de vacunas para controlar la desnutrición medida como retraso de peso.

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  • Karina Acosta O., 2012. "La desnutrición en los primeros anos de vida: Un análisis regional para Colombia," Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 9297, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000102:009297
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.160
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    1. Karina Acosta-Ordoñez, 2015. "Nutrición y desarrollo en el Pacífico colombiano," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 221, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    2. Ana Maria Osorio & Catalina Bolancé & Nyovane Madise & Katharina Rathmann, 2013. "Social Determinants of Child Health in Colombia: Can Community Education Moderate the Effect of Family Characteristics?," Working Papers XREAP2013-02, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Mar 2013.
    3. Karina Acosta & Adolfo Meisel, 2012. "Ethnic Groups and Anthropometric Differences in Colombia," Borradores de Economia 731, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    4. Ana Maria Osorio & Catalina Bolancé & Nyovani Madise, 2012. "Intermediary and structural determinants of early childhood health in Colombia: exploring the role of communities," Working Papers XREAP2012-13, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Jun 2012.
    5. Acosta, Karina & Meisel, Adolfo, 2013. "Anthropometric measurements by ethnicity in Colombia, 1965–1990," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 416-425.
    6. Laura Cepeda-Emiliani & Cindy Benedetti-Henao, 2019. "Nutrición y primera infancia para la inclusión y la transformación social," Chapters, in: Jaime Bonet & Diana Ricciuli-Marin (ed.), Casa Grande Caribe, chapter 2, pages 51-94, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    7. Ramírez, Jorge & Avellaneda, Claudia & Pineda, Katerine, 2014. "Estimación del Índice de Desarrollo Humano ajustado para los departamentos colombianos," Revista Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE, issue 83, pages 135-160, November.

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    Keywords

    Desnutrición; peso para la edad; talla para la edad; preescolares y regiones.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • R19 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Other

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