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Obesity Prevention in Latin America

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dc.contributor.author Kain, Juliana
dc.contributor.author Hernandez Cordero, Sonia
dc.contributor.author Pineda, Diana
dc.contributor.author de Moraes, Augusto Ferreira
dc.contributor.author Antiporta, Daniel
dc.contributor.author Collese, Tatiana
dc.contributor.author Costa de Oliveira Forkert, Elsie
dc.contributor.author Gonzalez, Laura
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Rivera, Juan
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-10T18:11:36Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-10T18:11:36Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8025
dc.description.abstract 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 <5 years), respectively. In adults, Mexico and Chile present similar high rates of obesity (around 35 %), whereas in Brazil and Colombia, the rates are around 20 % and 16.5 %, respectively. In general, the highest prevalence occurs in low-income women. Every country has developed initiatives to target obesity, from the government to the private sector and academia, mainly at the health sector and school settings. Food labeling is being addressed, but has not been implemented yet. Two interventions are described, a community-based in Mexico and a school-based in Chile. Because the increase in chronic diseases, especially diabetes, has paralleled that of obesity, effective prevention efforts are urgently needed. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries Current Obesity Reports
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.subject Obesity en_US
dc.subject Prevention en_US
dc.title Obesity Prevention in Latin America en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-014-0097-8
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.18
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.04
dc.relation.issn 2162-4968


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