Obesity Prevention in Latin America

Hernandez Cordero, Sonia; Rivera, Juan; Costa de Oliveira Forkert, Elsie; Miranda, J. Jaime; Pineda, Diana; Antiporta, Daniel; de Moraes, Augusto Ferreira; Gonzalez, Laura; Collese, Tatiana; Kain, Juliana

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