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Early Life Displacement Due to Armed Conflict and Violence, Early Nutrition, and Older Adult Hypertension, Diabetes, and Obesity in the Middle-Income Country of Colombia.
- Source :
- Journal of Aging & Health; Sep2019, Vol. 31 Issue 8, p1479-1502, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Objective: We examine the importance of early life displacement and nutrition on hypertension (HTN) and diabetes in older Colombian adults (60+ years) exposed to rapid demographic, epidemiological, and nutritional transitions, and armed conflict. We compare early life nutritional status and adult health in other middle- and high-income countries. Method: In Colombia (Survey of Health, Wellbeing and Aging [SABE]-Bogotá), we estimate the effects of early life conditions (displacement due to armed conflict and violence, hunger, low height, and not born in the capital city) and obesity on adult health; we compare the effects of low height on adult health in Mexico, South Africa (Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health [SAGE]), the United States, and England (Health and Retirement Study [HRS], English Longitudinal Study of Ageing [ELSA]). Results: Early life displacement, early poor nutrition, and adult obesity increase the risk of HTN and diabetes in Colombia. Being short is most detrimental for HTN in Colombian males. Discussion: Colombian data provide new evidence into how early life conditions and adult obesity contribute to older adult health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DIABETES risk factors
HYPERTENSION risk factors
WAR
PSYCHOLOGY
BIRTHPLACES
COMPARATIVE studies
HEALTH status indicators
HUNGER
LIFE change events
MALNUTRITION in children
OBESITY
PSYCHOLOGY of refugees
STATURE
SURVEYS
VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE & psychology
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MIDDLE-income countries
LOW-income countries
CHILDREN
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08982643
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Aging & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138097180
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264318778111