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Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, 2016 Halfway National Health and Nutrition Survey update
- Source :
- Salud Pública de México, Vol 60, Iss 3, may-jun, Pp 244-253 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2018.
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Abstract
- Objective. To estimate recent overweight and obesity prevalences in Mexican population under 20 years from Halfway National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut MC 2016). Materials and methods. Ensanut MC 2016 is a probabilistic national survey which gives representative information from national, regional and rural/urban levels. BMIz was estimated through weight and height, then it was classified into overweight risk or overweight or obesity ac­cording to WHO growth reference standards. Association between overweight and sociodemographic information was analyzed through logistic regression models. Results. Overweight-obesity prevalence was 5.1% in girls and 6.5% in boys
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 00363634 and 16067916
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 3, may-jun
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Salud Pública de México
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.fb34174497e542e39c82866fae3b7622
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.21149/8815