Overweight and obesity in Mexican children and adolescents during the last 25 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

The objective of the study was to provide current estimates of the prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity (OW+OB) in Mexican children and adolescents.

Subjects/methods

Body mass index objectively measured was analyzed for 37 147 children and adolescents aged 0-19 years obtained in 2012 as part of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT-2012), a nationally representative sample of the Mexican population. In addition, data from previous National Nutrition Surveys obtained in 1988, 1999 and 2006 were compared with analyze trends over a 24-year period (1988-2012) for children <5 years of age and adolescents and over a 13-year period (1999-2012) for school-age children. World Health Organization Child Growth Standard was used to define OW+O

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Cordero S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5380891 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature