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Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of a group of pregnant women and their newborn infants participating in the MANA program. Methods: Descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study designed to follow the cohort before and after intervention. Results: 53 % of the household showed food insecurity. With the program food ingestion had a significant increase and the prevalence of the risk of micronutrient deficiency diminished. The low gestational weight diminished from 27.8 % in the first trimester to 20.3 % in the third trimester. 94 % of the newborns weighed over 2500 g. Anemia was prevented in 86% of the mothers with iron deficiency. The mothers at risk of serum folate deficiency diminished from 30,8 % in the first trimester to 11,5 % in the second. Conclusion: Since the socioeconomic conditions of the population were unchanged during the study, it is possible to conclude that the MANA program and the products received had a positive and significant impact in the nutritional status of the mothers. Key words: Pregnancy; food complementation; micronutrients supplementation; nutritional education; nutritional status. COL0000407

Objetivo: indagar sobre los aspectos protectores y deteriorantes relacionados con la alimentación y nutrición del adulto mayor. Metodología: Se realizó una investigación con el enfoque de epidemiología crítica y como estrategia se utilizó el monitoreo estratégico. Se utilizaron técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas para la recolección de información. En el componente cuantitativo se realizó un muestreo multietápico, estratificado y en el componente cualitativo un muestreo intencional. Resultados: Se identificó en la alimentación de los adultos mayores del municipio de Caldas en el año 2005, los hábitos alimentarios que contribuyen a su proceso de mayor fragillidad, tales como un bajo consumo de lácteos, carnes, frutas, verduras y alto consumo de grasa. En algunos participantes el consumo se ve afectado por el poco acceso a los alimentos, en otros este se afecta por su estado de ánimo. Los participantes identifican que el bajo acceso a los alimentos genera hambre y enfermedad, manifiestan que anteriormente había mayor disponibilidad de alimentos por la posibilidad de acceder a ellos por medio de la agricultura. Al llegar a la vejez algunos de ellos se enfrentan al aislamiento familiar lo que dificulta la adquisición de alimentos, viéndose en la necesidad de trabajar para su manutención, buscar redes de apoyo o programas de complementación alimentaria Aim: To investigate the protective and deleterious aspects relative to nutrition and nourishment of elderly. Methodology: Research was focused on critical epidemiology and strategic monitoring. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were employed for the recollection of information. In the quantitative component a multiphase and stratified survey was selected while a directed survey was used for quantitative component. Results: Several unhealthy nutritional habits in this population from Caldas were identified, including a low intake of dairy products, meats, fruits and a high intake of fats. In some of the surveyed persons consumption was affected by a scarcity of food, while in other their mental status was more important. The participants identified low food consumption as a cause of hunger and sickness. They think that previously they had more food because they had the possibility to cultivate their plots while in their elderly years they experience familiar isolation making more difficult the acquisition of food.