摘要：We conduct here a secondary analysis of the Mali 2006 DHS in the light of opinions on body size expressed in focus group discussions.This mixed method strategy is used to highlight factors associated with the persistence of under-nutrition and the spread of obesity in Mali. Chronic under-nutrition reveals the food vulnerability in rural settings, but also of differentials in life styles and in personal situations, for example the absence of a husband. The spread of obesity becomes possible once a certain level of food security is reached. It also reflects inequalities in Capabilities, i.e. unequal ability of women to use and transform resources into wellbeing and hence their ambivalence towards the social value given to large body size and to new life styles associated with urbanization. This ambivalence may explain in particular the higher risk of obesity found among women who attended school.
关键词：mixed methods; chronic under-nutrition; overweight and obesity; urban life styles; Mali.
