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- Title
Prevalencia y predisposición a la obesidad en una muestra nacional de niños y adolescentes en México.
- Authors
Shamah-Levy, Teresa; Cuevas-Nasu, Lucía; Méndez-Gómez Humarán, Ignacio; Morales-Ruán, Carmen; Gabriela Valenzuela-Bravo, Danae; Berenice Gaona-Pineda, Elsa; Antonio Ávila-Arcos, Marco; Rivera-Dommarco, Juan
- Abstract
Objective. To estimate the obesity prevalence among school-age children in Mexico and define possible riskassociated factors. Materials and methods. Data from National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut 2018-19) was used. Information from 6 268 school-age children and 5 670 teenagers was obtained. Logistic regression models were estimated in order to study the relationship between overweight and obesity (OW+O) and sociodemographic variables, OW+O condition in their parents, health, dietary and healthy behaviors variables. Results. OW+O in school-age children and teenagers is associated with the presence of OW+O in their mothers (p<0.001), more time spent in front of a screen and belonging to a middle wealth conditions index; a negative association was found for dietary fiber consumption. In teenagers with obesity, the odds for depression showed an increase. Conclusion. It is important to identify the predisposing and risk factors and the causes behind obesity in children in order to design integral prevention strategies.
- Subjects
MEXICO; CHILDHOOD obesity; ADOLESCENT obesity; DIETARY fiber; NUTRITION surveys; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2020, Vol 62, Issue 6, p725
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21149/11552