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The nutrition transition in Cuba in the nineties: an overview

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Rodríguez-Ojea, Arturo, Jiménez, Santa, Berdasco, Antonio, Esquivel, Mercedes·2002·Public Health Nutrition
DOI 10.1079/phn2001284
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Objective: To describe and analyse the changes in diet, physical activity and body composition of the Cuban population during the 1990s and the health implications of these changes. Design and setting: Data on national food balance and physical activity are from government agencies and the Ministry of Public Health; nation-wide and local representative surveys were used to analyse body composition and leisure activities. Data on morbidity and mortality arefrom the Ministry of Public Health. Results: The collapse of the European socialist countries and the Soviet Union, as well as the reinforced United States' blockade, provoked a sudden shortage of fuel, raw materials, imported foods and essential supplies. Per capita energy availability decreased, physical activity increased, and the prevalence of obesity decreased. Nutrition deficiencies were observed in the early 1990s, while the trend of morbidity from non-communicable disease continued to increase. The nutrition transition characteristics following the economic recovery in 1995–1996 resembled those of the 1980s because of the increased food availability, decreased physical activity and increased obesity prevalence. Conclusions: Programmes to deal with the complex situation generated a response in a remarkably short time. Undesirable changes in diet composition and the reduction of physical activity constitute a challenge in the current post-critical stage that must be prevented.

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  • Collapse of the Soviet empire at the end of the 1980s led to decreased food availability, increased physical activity, and about a 50% decrease in adult obesity prevalence in Cuba.

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  • Upon economic recovery in Cuba, obesity rose 50% from 1993 to 1996.

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Authors
Rodríguez-Ojea, A., Jiménez, S., Berdasco, A., & Esquivel, M.
Affiliations
  • Instituto de Nutricion e Higiene de los Alimentos (CU)
  • University of Havana (CU)
Corresponding author
Rodríguez-Ojea, Arturo
Venue
Public Health Nutrition
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2002-02
Volume
5
Issue
1a
Pages
129-133
ISSN
  • 1368-9800 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2727
DOI
10.1079/phn2001284
OpenAlex
W2152569586
Cited by
47
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 6
FWCI
3.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 1785 d)
Locations
  • Public Health Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Health and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
Keywords
nutrition transition, Cuba, diet composition, physical activity, body composition, obesity, non-communicable diseases, food availability, economic crisis, collapse of the Soviet Union, nutrition policy, 1990s
MeSH terms
Adult, Body Composition, Child, Preschool, Cuba, Female, Food Supply, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Morbidity, Mortality, Obesity, Exercise, Health Transition

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