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Diferencias en los índices de Masa Corporal en Colombia en 2005: Una aplicación de los indicadores de desigualdad

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Luis Fernando Gamboa ()
Nohora Forero Ramírez ()

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El trabajo estudia las diferencias en el Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) por grupos etarios entre los 20 y 60 años teniendo como punto de referencia escalas normativas y relativas mediante el uso de algunos indicadores de pobreza y distribución del ingreso. Se encuentra que la proporción de la población con IMC fuera del rango establecido como normal aumenta con la edad. Cuando el análisis del IMC se hace con base en la distribución de la variable en el grupo de edad respectivo (medida relativa), se encuentra que las diferencias entre los grupos de edad se reducen. Aunque la desigualdad en la distribución del índice no se incrementa significativamente con la edad, los aumentos generados deben atenderse para evitar problemas de salud pública entre la población. ********************************************************************************************************* We employ the measures traditionally used to analyze poverty, for studying the differences in the Body Mass Index (BMI) scores, according to the age and other socioeconomic variables, for people between 20 and 60. We use information from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS, 2005). We find that the participation of population with a BMI out of the normal range enhances with age. Nevertheless, if the measure of reference is not the normal range but a relative measure (which takes into account the distribution of the BMI in the respective group of age), differences among groups are less. Although inequality in the distribution of BMI does not enhance with age, the increases produced should be attended to avoid problems of public health in Colombia.

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Paper provided by UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - FACULTAD DE ECONOMÍA in its series DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO with number 004693.

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Date of creation: 30 May 2008
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