Situation of diabetes and obesity in Bolivia
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diabetes mellitus, boliviaAbstract
In 2001, the 1st Survey on Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity and hypertension in Bolivia in people over 25 years of age showed a total prevalence of Diabetes mellitus in adults of 7.2% (7.6% women and 6.8% men), with 5.2% of diabetes diagnosed in the survey and 2% with previous diagnosis. In addition, 7.8% had glucose intolerance and 60.7% were overweight (56.6% men and 64.7% women); with differences by geographical area (1)
Municipal data as of 2018 shows that Non-communicable Diseases are concentrated in municipalities with higher socioeconomic levels. This reinforces the idea that the incidence of these diseases is related to lifestyles and other socioeconomic causes rather than biological causes, with hypertension and diabetes mellitus having a higher incidence (2).
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I. Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am J Public Health 10(5), 2001
II. Román ES, Córdova OP. Desigualdad espacial en Salud: Enfermedades no Transmisibles en Bolivia, situación actual y perspectivas a nivel Municipal. La Paz: SDSN Bolivia 2020. Disponible en: https://www.sdsnbolivia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/06-Estudio-Transversal-Desigualdad-espacial-en-salud-Enfermedades-no-transmisibles-en-Bolivia.pdf
III. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia 2022. Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad de los escolares y adolescentes en Bolivia. Disponible en: https://www.unicef.org/bolivia/media/3201/file/Prevalencia%20de%20sobrepeso%20y%20obesidad%20de%20los%20escolares%20y%20adolescentes%20en%20Bolivia.pdf.
IV. Ministerio de Salud y Deportes de Bolivia. Primera Encuesta Nacional de Factores de Riesgo de Enfermedades No transmisibles. Publicación 56, 2022.
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