title: [Nutritional status of the population over 65 years of age in the city of Badajoz].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nutritional status is strongly associated with the level of health and quality of life of the population, and is especially relevant in the case of the elderly.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to study the nutritional status in a population of non-institutionalised over 65 year-olds in the city of Badajoz, describing the sociodemographic variables, biochemical parameters, and functional assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study was performed using a design population, which was randomised and stratified in health centres of the city, with a sample size of 298 patients being obtained. The sociodemographic variables included gender, age, educational level, anthropometric analysis with estimated body mass index, and percentage fat weight. Statistical tests were performed using SPSS v.15 statistical package.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of overweight and obesity as measured by fat weight was 61.9% (56.1-67.8), with a body mass index of 65.8% (60.2-71.4). It was higher in women, with a fat weight of 67.3% (2.56 to 2.73) and a body mass index of 71.8% (2.64 to 2.78). The nutritional status of the population according to the questionnaire "Know your nutritional health" was rated "good".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common nutritional problem in the non-institutionalised population over 65 years in the city of Badajoz is obesity, especially in women, and in people with low educational level. This high prevalence suggests that health education on a better lifestyle in this population should be a priority.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina de Badajoz, Badajoz, España. Electronic address: fsuarezg@semergen.es.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suárez-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud, Talavera la Real, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Vega
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud San Roque, Badajoz, España; Cátedra de Medicina de Familia SEMERGEN-Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suárez-González
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Terapéutica Médico Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peral-Pacheco
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de San Fernando, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dorado-Martin
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de San Fernando, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suárez-Gómez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Ancianos; Economically inactive population; Elderly; Estado nutricional; Nutritional status; Población económicamente inactiva