Nutritional situation of rural communities in Nariño, Colombia 2013

The phenomenon of undernourishment combined with simultaneous excess weight is called the “double burden of malnutrition.” As part of the research “Improving potato production as a food security contribution of native communities in Nariño, Colombia”(2013), a diagnosis of the food security situation in farmer families was conducted. Stunting or chronic malnutrition is a condition which indicates a food and nutrition insecurity problem in the long term, especially when social, economic, health and environmental conditions have been deficient for a prolonged period. For Andean households in this study, the double burden of malnutrition is higher than regional and national levels, meriting urgent intervention