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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Lucía Cuevas-Nasu, Bernardo Hernández-Prado, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Eric A Monterrubio, María del Carmen Morales-Ruan, Lidia B Moreno-Macías
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2009-01-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
obesidad
escolares
programas de gobierno
México
obesity
children
government programs
Mexico
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342009001000018

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