Introduction: There is evidence that malnutrition during the first 1000 days of life contributes to
the development of chronic diseases in adulthood and therefore may produce a lasting impact on
the health of the population. Colombia, like other middle-income countries suffers the double
burden of malnutrition in pregnant women and children under 5 years. Also, chronic diseases
have positioned within the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Objective: The aim is to
estimate the burden of disease of noncommunicable chronic diseases-NCD’s (hypertension,
obesity, diabetes mellitus II) in adults attributable to nutritional risk factors (no-breastfeeding
and low birthweight) in the period of 1000 days in Colombia. Methods: The population attributable
fraction and the number of NCD’s (hypertension, diabetes mellitus II and obesity) cases due to the
risk factors (low birthweight and no-breastfeeding) were estimated. Prevalences of NCD’s and risk
factors of interest were taken from national health surveys.