Obesity Prevention in Latin America

Obesity Prevention in Latin America

In Latin American countries, obesity prevalence has increased significantly as a result of rapid urbanization and an improvement in socioeconomic conditions. We report the prevalence of overweight and/or obesity and prevention efforts in five countries: Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Chile. In...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current obesity reports 2014-06, Vol.3 (2), p.150-155
Hauptverfasser: Kain, Juliana, Hernández Cordero, Sonia, Pineda, Diana, de Moraes, Augusto Ferreira, Antiporta, Daniel, Collese, Tatiana, Costa de Oliveira Forkert, Elsie, González, Laura, Miranda, Juan Jaime, Rivera, Juan
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Sprache:eng
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Behavioral Therapy
Cardiology
Diabetes
Endocrinology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Obesity Prevention (A Must
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Zusammenfassung:In Latin American countries, obesity prevalence has increased significantly as a result of rapid urbanization and an improvement in socioeconomic conditions. We report the prevalence of overweight and/or obesity and prevention efforts in five countries: Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Chile. In children, the highest and lowest rates of obesity are found in Chile (23 % in 6-year-olds) and Peru (1.8 % in those
ISSN:2162-4968
2162-4968
DOI:10.1007/s13679-014-0097-8