OBJECTIVE: To estimate the obesity prevalence among school-age children in Mexico and define possible risk-associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut 2018-19) was used. Information from 6 268 school-age children and 5 670 teenagers was obtained. Logistic regression models were esti-mated in order to study the relationship between overweight and obesity (OW+O) and sociodemographic variables, OW+O condition in their parents, health, dietary and healthy behaviors variables. RESULTS: . OW+O in school-age children and teenagers is associated with the presence of OW+O in their mothers (p<0.001), more time spent in front of a screen and belonging to a middle wealth conditions index; a negative association was found for dietary fiber consumption. In teenagers with obesity, the odds for depression showed an increase. CONCLUSIONS: It is important to identify the predisposing and risk factors and the causes behind obesity in children in order to design integral prevention strategies.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the obesity prevalence among school-age children in Mexico and define possible risk-associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut 2018-19) was used. Information from 6 268 school-age children and 5 670 teenagers was obtained. Logistic regression models were esti-mated in order to study the relationship between overweight and obesity (OW+O) and sociodemographic variables, OW+O condition in their parents, health, dietary and healthy behaviors variables. RESULTS: . OW+O in school-age children and teenagers is associated with the presence of OW+O in their mothers (p<0.001), more time spent in front of a screen and belonging to a middle wealth conditions index; a negative association was found for dietary fiber consumption. In teenagers with obesity, the odds for depression showed an increase. CONCLUSIONS: It is important to identify the predisposing and risk factors and the causes behind obesity in children in order to design integral prevention strategies.
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adolescents; national survey; obesity; overweight; schoolchildren
Authors: Teresa Shamah-Levy; Lucia Cuevas-Nasu; Martín Romero-Martínez; Ignacio Méndez Gómez-Humaran; Marco Antonio Ávila-Arcos; Juan A Rivera Journal: Front Nutr Date: 2021-11-25