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Obesity-promoting factors in Mexican children and adolescents: Challenges and opportunities

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    Identifier: imarina:6388692
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6388692
  • Authors:

    Aceves-Martins M
    Llauradó E
    Tarro L
    Solà R
    Giralt M
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Aceves-Martins M; Llauradó E; Tarro L; Solà R; Giralt M
    Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Medicina i Cirurgia
    URV's Author/s: ACEVES MARTINS, MAGALY / Giralt Batista, Montserrat / Llauradó Ribé, Elisabet / Solà Alberich, Rosa Maria / Tarro Sánchez, Lucía
    Keywords: Health determinants Health and environmental change Developing countries Childhood obesity health and environmental change developing countries childhood obesity
    Abstract: © 2016 Magaly Aceves-Martins et al. Background: Mexico is a developing country with one of the highest youth obesity rates worldwide; > 34% of children and adolescents between 5 and 19 years of age are overweight or obese. Objectives: The current review seeks to compile, describe, and analyze dietary conditions, physical activity, socioeconomic status, and cultural factors that create and exacerbate an obesogenic environment among Mexican youth. Design: A narrative review was performed using PubMed and the Cochrane Library databases, as well as grey literature data from the Mexican government, academics, and statistical reports from nongovernmental organizations, included in electronic formats. Results: The recent socioeconomic and nutritional transition has resulted in reduced healthy meal options at public schools, high rates of sedentary lifestyles among adolescents, lack of open spaces and playgrounds, socioeconomic deprivation, false or misunderstood sociocultural traditional beliefs, misconceptions about health, a high percentage of overweight or obese adults, and low rates of maternal breastfeeding. Some of the factors identified are exacerbating the obesity problem in this population. Current evidence also shows that more policies and health programs are needed for prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity. Mexico presents alarming obesity levels, which need to be curtailed and urgently reversed. Conclusions: The present narrative review presents an overview of dietary, physical activity, societal and cultural preconceptions that are potentially modifiable obesity-promoting factors in Mexican youth. Measures to control these factors need to be implemented in all similar developing countries by governments, policy makers, stakeholders, and health care professionals to tackle obesity in children and young people.
    Thematic Areas: Sociologia i política Saúde coletiva Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Health policy General o multidisciplinar Economia Ciências biológicas iii Biodiversidade
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 16549880
    Author's mail: elisabet.llaurado@urv.cat lucia.tarro@urv.cat rosa.sola@urv.cat montse.giralt@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-7439-9531 0000-0002-8323-3576 0000-0002-8359-235X 0000-0002-7073-577X
    Record's date: 2023-02-19
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/gha.v9.29625
    Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Global Health Action. 9 (1): 29625-
    APA: Aceves-Martins M; Llauradó E; Tarro L; Solà R; Giralt M (2016). Obesity-promoting factors in Mexican children and adolescents: Challenges and opportunities. Global Health Action, 9(1), 29625-. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.29625
    Article's DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.29625
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2016
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Health Policy,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
    Health determinants
    Health and environmental change
    Developing countries
    Childhood obesity
    health and environmental change
    developing countries
    childhood obesity
    Sociologia i política
    Saúde coletiva
    Public, environmental & occupational health
    Public health, environmental and occupational health
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina ii
    Interdisciplinar
    Health policy
    General o multidisciplinar
    Economia
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Biodiversidade
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