Overweight and obesity in school children aged 5 to 11 years participating in food assistance programs in Mexico Sobrepeso y obesidad en niños de 5 a 11 años de edad beneficiarios de programas de ayuda alimentaria en México

• Main Authors: Lucía Cuevas-Nasu (Author), Bernardo Hernández-Prado (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Eric A Monterrubio (Author), María del Carmen Morales-Ruan (Author), Lidia B Moreno-Macías (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between overweight and obesity among Mexican school-aged children and participation in the Liconsa milk and the School Breakfast food assistance programs. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data from 15 003 school-aged children included in the Mexican National Health and N...