Transición alimentaria en México

Mayans, JA Ramírez; Campos, M. García; Bustamante, Roberto Cervantes; Rivera, Neiby; Mondragón, Flora Zárate; Cordero, T. Mason; Espinosa, Aina

doi:10.1157/13048089

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“…However, the frequency of overweight showed a trend already observed in other populations undergoing the process of nutritional transition, i.e. an increase in overweight and obesity in adolescents (Popkin, 2001;Batista & Rissin, 2003;Ramírez-Mayans et al, 2003;Doak et al, 2005;Popkin, 2006). On the other hand, the height values obtained suggest a growth retardment.…”

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Nutritional Status of Adolescents in the Context of the Moroccan Nutritional Transition: The Role of Parental Education

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In Morocco, the beginning of the nutritional transition is closely linked to social and economic transformations and changes in behaviour and traditional lifestyles. The objective of this study is to describe the current pattern of food consumption and the nutritional status of adolescents in the province of Ouarzazate and its association with parents' educational level. The sample comprises 327 high school students from Ouarzazate: 135 (41.3%) boys and 192 (58.7%) girls (age range 15-20 years). For both boys and girls, the results show lower height and BMI z-scores than the WHO reference values. Adolescents whose parents have a low educational level have lower height/age and BMI/age z-scores than those whose fathers have a high educational level. No differences are observed in total daily energy intake depending on fathers' educational level, but the energy provided by lipids is higher in adolescents whose fathers have a high educational background. The quality of fats consumed (MUFA+PUFA/SFA) is better among those boys whose fathers have low education, but no differences are observed for girls. The process of nutritional transition is not uniform in the sample, but depends on the socioeconomic characteristics of population groups, which include, among others, accessibility of certain food, differences in habits and lifestyles related to energy expenditure, and higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in more favoured groups.

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Nutritional Status of Adolescents in the Context of the Moroccan Nutritional Transition: The Role of Parental Education

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“…Mexico is suffering through a nutritional transition in which there has been a decline in traditional and homemade diets, contrasting with an increase in the consumption of commercial products, fast food, and food prepared away from home ( 27 , 28 ). The average Mexican diet is based on high saturated fat, low protein, and low fiber intake ( 28 ). Between 1999 and 2006, an increase of 226% in consumption of carbonated drinks and sweetened beverages was documented among Mexican children and adolescents ( 13 ).…”

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“…A lack of available potable water has coincided with the increased proliferation of calorically enhanced (sweetened) beverages in schools ( 29 , 31 ). Moreover, a low level of knowledge regarding dietary components in school children has been identified ( 28 ).…”

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Obesity-promoting factors in Mexican children and adolescents: challenges and opportunities

Aceves‐Martins

Llauradó

Tarro

et al. 2016

Global Health Action

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BackgroundMexico is a developing country with one of the highest youth obesity rates worldwide; >34% of children and adolescents between 5 and 19 years of age are overweight or obese.ObjectivesThe current review seeks to compile, describe, and analyze dietary conditions, physical activity, socioeconomic status, and cultural factors that create and exacerbate an obesogenic environment among Mexican youth.DesignA narrative review was performed using PubMed and the Cochrane Library databases, as well as grey literature data from the Mexican government, academics, and statistical reports from nongovernmental organizations, included in electronic formats.ResultsThe recent socioeconomic and nutritional transition has resulted in reduced healthy meal options at public schools, high rates of sedentary lifestyles among adolescents, lack of open spaces and playgrounds, socioeconomic deprivation, false or misunderstood sociocultural traditional beliefs, misconceptions about health, a high percentage of overweight or obese adults, and low rates of maternal breastfeeding. Some of the factors identified are exacerbating the obesity problem in this population. Current evidence also shows that more policies and health programs are needed for prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity. Mexico presents alarming obesity levels, which need to be curtailed and urgently reversed.ConclusionsThe present narrative review presents an overview of dietary, physical activity, societal and cultural preconceptions that are potentially modifiable obesity-promoting factors in Mexican youth. Measures to control these factors need to be implemented in all similar developing countries by governments, policy makers, stakeholders, and health care professionals to tackle obesity in children and young people.

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“…These problems have worsened in recent decades both among schoolchildren and adults (Toussaint, 2000;Ramírez, García, Cervantes, Mata, Zárate, Mason, & Villarreal, 2003;Shama-Levy, 2010). The facts are alarming because a significant percentage of the population is, from a very early age, at risk for chronic non communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, among others.…”

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Educational Program to Promote the Correlation between Preference and Food Selection: A Replication Study

López-Gamiño¹,

Alarcón-Armendáriz²,

Moreno³

et al. 2013

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Some studies have demonstrated the importance of various factors involved in feeding behavior, although only a few have focused on the correlation between preference and food selection as an indicator of the needed skills to interact with the diversity of situations associated with healthy feeding. In a previous study, performed with 116 Mexican schoolchildren, some changes were observed in the correlation between preference and selection food, in order to more accurately assess the modified dimensions of feeding behavior, the study was repeated on a different sample. The study allowed us to test a food education strategy designed to promote four levels of behavioral complexity and their effect on preference and food selection in a group of schoolchildren. Participants were 298 schoolchildren (141 boys and 157 girls) 6 -13 years old who were second, fourth or sixth grades and who were assigned to four intervention programs: noninstrumental situational, instrumental situational, extrasituational and transituational. The activities were designed according to the behavioral complexity level. At the start of the intervention, each participant's anthropometric measurements were recorded and natural and industrialized food preference and selection was evaluated at the beginning, at the end and one month after the intervention (pre, post and follow-up).There were some changes in the children's behavior of preference and selection, particularly in fourth grade. This underscores the importance of designing educational strategies which promote the acquisition of knowledge, the development of attitudes towards healthy eating and, above all, effective and constant practice.

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Transición alimentaria en México

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Nutritional Status of Adolescents in the Context of the Moroccan Nutritional Transition: The Role of Parental Education

Nutritional Status of Adolescents in the Context of the Moroccan Nutritional Transition: The Role of Parental Education

Obesity-promoting factors in Mexican children and adolescents: challenges and opportunities

Educational Program to Promote the Correlation between Preference and Food Selection: A Replication Study

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