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Are intestinal parasites fuelling the rise in dual burden households in Venezuela?
- Source :
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Transactions, 2012(Nov 5):2, 119-23. Elsevier, Campos Ponce, M, Incani, R N, Pinelli, E, Ten Kulve, N, Ramak, R, Polman, K & Doak, C M 2012, ' Are intestinal parasites fuelling the rise in dual burden households in Venezuela? ', Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Transactions, vol. 2012, no. Nov 5, 2, pp. 119-23 . https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trs014
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- In developing countries undergoing rapid economic development, the number of dual burden households (i.e. co-existing overweight/obesity and stunting) is increasing. While intestinal parasites are prevalent in these countries, their contribution to dual burden households has so far been neglected. We studied the association between intestinal parasite infection and belonging to a dual burden household in a rural community of Venezuela We examined 225 individuals. A dual burden household was defined as a household with at least one overweight/obese adult (BMI≥25) and at least one stunted child (height -for-age z score
- Subjects :
- Giardiasis
Male
Rural Population
Veterinary medicine
America, Latin
Helminthiasis
Pilot Projects
Associations
Overweight
medicine.disease_cause
Feces
Hygiene
Prevalence
Child
Children
Body mass index
Growth Disorders
media_common
Stunting
Helminthic diseases
Disease burden
General Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Child, Preschool
Female
medicine.symptom
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject
Intestinal parasite
BMI
Young Adult
Environmental health
parasitic diseases
medicine
Giardia lamblia
Humans
Obesity
SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
Intestinal parasites
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infant
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
medicine.disease
Venezuela
Tropical medicine
Parasitology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18783503 and 00359203
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....00d9374dad890cfd24a7325ae82c2e2a