Sociodemographic, economic and nutritional profile of a fishing village in the Venezuelan Federal Dependencies.

Abstract

Introduction: as an economic activity, fishing plays a relevant role in the elimination of hunger, the promotion of health and the reduction of poverty, very important elements for the formation of safe and sovereign agri-food-nutritional systems. Fishermen face extremely demanding and complex working conditions with great physical demands to fish, which would be an adequate nutritional state and general health as a requirement to be able to carry out activities of high daily and continuous caloric expenditure.
Objective: to evaluate the living conditions as well as the nutritional status of the inhabitants of a fishing village on the island of La Borracha, Federal Dependencies, Venezuela.

Method: the 37 families that through a structured survey reported sociodemographic and socioeconomic data that characterize the community were studied. Anthropometric diagnosis was made in children through the combination of indicators (Weight / Age, Weight / Height and Height / Height),
in adolescents, the body mass index was used, and in adults, cardiometabolic risk was diagnosed from the perimeter waist. Dietary data was collected through the Qualitative Frequency Method of Food Consumption.
Results: Although they belong to the peri-urban primary productive sector, the community did not show that they feed better than the population of other economic sectors or urban spaces; both nutritional deficiency in children and overweight among adult residents coexist in it.
Conclusions: the fishing community subsists in a precarious way on the island of La Borracha, conserving a diet structure and characteristic cultural patterns that represent a challenge to promote adequate food and a healthier lifestyle through an education program nutritional.