Autor según el artículo: Aceves-Martins, Magaly; Llaurado, Elisabet; Tarro, Lucia; Sola, Rosa; Giralt, Montse
Departamento: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Medicina i Cirurgia
Autor/es de la URV: ACEVES MARTINS, MAGALY / Giralt Batista, Montserrat / Llauradó Ribé, Elisabet / Solà Alberich, Rosa Maria / Tarro Sánchez, Lucía
Palabras clave: Health determinants Health and environmental change Developing countries Childhood obesity health and environmental change developing countries childhood obesity
Resumen: © 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.
Áreas temáticas: 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
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 16549880
Direcció de correo del autor: elisabet.llaurado@urv.cat montse.giralt@urv.cat rosa.sola@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-7439-9531 0000-0002-7073-577X 0000-0002-8359-235X
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-10-12
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Global Health Action. 9 (1): 29625-
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Aceves-Martins, Magaly; Llaurado, Elisabet; Tarro, Lucia; Sola, Rosa; Giralt, Montse (2016). Obesity-promoting factors in Mexican children and adolescents: Challenges and opportunities. Global Health Action, 9(1), 29625-. DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.29625
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2016
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
Repositori URV