Análisis del eje nutricional de Colombia desde el enfoque de la privación de capacidades

Abstract

When addressing problems associated with nutrition, it is common that these are linked to poverty; seen from a traditionalist position of public policy and social sciences this union has always been analyzed under a purely monetary perspective, this research aims to study the relationship between nutrition and poverty from a different perspective: integrating other factors that affect the levels of malnutrition, malnutrition and overnutrition. To this end, an analysis will be made of the positions of economist Amartya Sen, who developed an index with which he seeks to identify the population groups that lack the development of capabilities. This index will be related to the results of the National Nutritional Situation Survey (ENSIN), with emphasis on the food insecurity indicator, which, by means of defined parameters, indicates the degree of insecurity in the households of the 24 departments that will be the object of this study. Once these variables have been obtained, an econometric model will be used to establish the degree of correlation between them. Finally, it will be important to know, in terms of public policies, the actions that the government has implemented with the aim of improving and guaranteeing the right to food; therefore, a historical compilation of the measures carried out, such as policies, programs and projects, was made.