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Sunday Sedodo Nupo, Viridiana Martinez de la Fuente, Gabriela Ortiz Cruz, Jose Lauro Cortés Hernandéz, José Sandoval Cortés, Cristóbal Noé Aguilar González
Introduction: Women’s Dietary Diversity is a popula method for evaluating dietary diversity among women who are of reproductive age. It can also be helpful in identifying macronutrient deficiencies in women.
Objectives: This study was designed to determine the women dietary diversity score and the cardio metabolic riskfactors of women in health in Saltillo Coahuila Mexico.
Method: Across sectional study was carried out among one hundred and twenty-one randomly selected women working inthe hospital. A prevalidated questionnaire was used to obtain information on socio demographic characteristics and lifesty leof the subjects. Food and Agriculture Organization pre validated structured questionnaire on women dietary diversity score (WDDS) was used. Anthropometric characteristics suchas weight, height, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio and Mid upper Arm circumference (MUAC) were determined using World Health organization standard and used to classify obesity and cardiometabolic risk. Hypertension was determinedusing Sphygmomanometer. MDD-W was classified into two levels of consumption for women: low if MDD-W less than 5 and highif MDD-W greater than or equal to 5. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software ver.25 and results were reported in frequencydistribution, mean ± standard deviation and pie chart Pearson’s correlation test was done to determine the significance of Dietary diversity with anthropometric indices and cardio metabolic risks.
Results: The majority (52%) of the subjects were single, forty-five (45%) percent smoke cigarettes while 83% consume alcohol. Seventeen percent had low MUAC, 51% had abdominal obesity and twenty nine percent had hypertension stage 11. Most (97%) had high WDDS. Identified cardiometabolic risk were smoking, abdominal obesity and obesity.
Conclusion: The women dietary diversity score of the subjects were high. The identified cardiometabolic risk factors among the participants were high. There is a critical and urgent need for nutrition and health education for the workers.
