Opportunities to Strengthen Childhood Obesity Prevention in Two Mexican Health Care Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to examine Mexican caregivers' perceptions of the role of primary care in childhood obesity management, understand the barriers and facilitators of behavior change, and identify opportunities to strengthen obesity prevention and treatment in clinical settings.

Methods

We conducted 52 in-depth interviews with parents and caregivers of overweight and obese children age 2-5 years in 4 Ministry of Health (public, low SES) and 4 Social Security Institute (insured, higher SES) primary care clinics in Mexico City and did systematic thematic analysis.

Results

In both health systems, caregivers acknowledged childhood overweight but not its adverse health consequences. Although the majority of parents had not received nutrition or physic

SUBMITTER: Cespedes E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4269346 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature