The high prevalence of overweight and obesity in Mexican children

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-223

  Del Río Navarro, Blanca E ^a   Velázquez Monroy, Oscar ^b   Sánchez Castillo, Claudia P ^c   Lara Esqueda, Agustín ^b   Berber, Arturo ^a   Fanghänel, Guillermo ^d   Violante, Rafael ^e   Tapia Conyer, Roberto ^f   James, W Philip T ^g  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^f Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^g International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; CDC and IOTF percentiles; Children; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644311975     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.28     Document Type: Article

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