Factors associated with overweight and obesity in Mexican school-age children: results from the National Nutrition Survey 1999 Factores asociados con sobrepeso y obesidad en niños mexicanos de edad escolar: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Nutrición, 1999

• Main Authors: Bernardo Hernández (Author), Lucía Cuevas-Nasu (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Eric A Monterrubio (Author), Claudia Ivonne Ramírez-Silva (Author), Raquel García-Feregrino (Author), Juan A Rivera (Author), Jaime Sepúlveda-Amor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to measure the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Mexican school-age children (5-11 years) in the National Nutrition Survey 1999 (NNS-1999). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Overweight and obesity (defined as an excess of adipose tissue in the body) were evaluated...