Introduction:

The prevalence of arterial hypertension, diabetes and obesity is a public health problem in Colombia.

Objective:

To determine the relation among food patterns and arterial hypertension, diabetes and obesity according to socio-demographic aspects in Colombia, 2010.

Methods:

Ecologic study in multiple groups; representative sample of 5216 individuals from 18 to 64 years old. It was carried out an analysis of multilevel regression with the data of food consumption’s frequency available in the National Survey on Nutritional Situation of Colombia, and the prevalence of arterial hypertension, diabetes and obesity according to age, sex and geographical regions of Colombia from the data of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in 2010.

Results:

Women in the ages from 18 to 39 years are the ones with the highest prevalence in the three disease (diabetes, arterial hypertension and obesity), in Bogotá with 5038 (p<0,05; IC: 3246,2; 6829,8) and in the Eastern region with 2891 (p<0,05; IC: 1964,5; 3818). Women in the ages from 18 to 49 years are the ones with the highest prevalence of obesity in the regions of Bogotá, Central and East with predominance of a high consumption of cold meats, candies, desserts and a low consumption of integral food. There was not found relation of arterial hypertension in any age group. The results were adjusted according to age and sex.

Conclusions:

The reported food patterns in the study according to region, sex and age groups are a rapprochement to provide recommendations of consumption by food groups in a more specific way, so there can be prevented non-communicable diseases as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity.

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