Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México
Background: Undernutrition and obesity coexist among Mexican children due to poverty, sedentariness and inadequate food intake. Aim: To assess the nutritional status of school age children in a Mexican city located in the frontier with United States. Material and Methods: Cross sectional assessment...
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oai:scielo:S0034-988720160003000102016-06-13Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y MéxicoAviña-Barrera,Mariel ACastillo-Ruiz,OctelinaVázquez-Nava,FranciscoPerales-Torres,AdrianaAleman-Castillo,Sanjuana Child Nutrition Assessment Pediatric Obesity Background: Undernutrition and obesity coexist among Mexican children due to poverty, sedentariness and inadequate food intake. Aim: To assess the nutritional status of school age children in a Mexican city located in the frontier with United States. Material and Methods: Cross sectional assessment of children from 28 basic schools in 2005, 2008 and 2013. Using a cluster sampling methodology, 5 children per course were selected in each school, reaching a final sample 840 children aged 7 to 12 years old. Body mass index z scores were calculated. Results: The pre valence of overweight and obesity among these children was 49, 54 and 45% in the assessments performed in 2005, 2008 and 2013 respectively. Conclusions: There is a trend towards a decrease in the frequency of obesity in these children from 2005 to 2013.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.144 n.3 20162016-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000300010es10.4067/S0034-98872016000300010 |
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Child Nutrition Assessment Pediatric Obesity Aviña-Barrera,Mariel A Castillo-Ruiz,Octelina Vázquez-Nava,Francisco Perales-Torres,Adriana Aleman-Castillo,Sanjuana Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México |
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Background: Undernutrition and obesity coexist among Mexican children due to poverty, sedentariness and inadequate food intake. Aim: To assess the nutritional status of school age children in a Mexican city located in the frontier with United States. Material and Methods: Cross sectional assessment of children from 28 basic schools in 2005, 2008 and 2013. Using a cluster sampling methodology, 5 children per course were selected in each school, reaching a final sample 840 children aged 7 to 12 years old. Body mass index z scores were calculated. Results: The pre valence of overweight and obesity among these children was 49, 54 and 45% in the assessments performed in 2005, 2008 and 2013 respectively. Conclusions: There is a trend towards a decrease in the frequency of obesity in these children from 2005 to 2013. |
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Aviña-Barrera,Mariel A Castillo-Ruiz,Octelina Vázquez-Nava,Francisco Perales-Torres,Adriana Aleman-Castillo,Sanjuana |
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Aviña-Barrera,Mariel A Castillo-Ruiz,Octelina Vázquez-Nava,Francisco Perales-Torres,Adriana Aleman-Castillo,Sanjuana |
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Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México |
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Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México |
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Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México |
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Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México |
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Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México |
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evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre estados unidos y méxico |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago |
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2016 |
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http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000300010 |
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