Publications by authors named "Marcela Ortiz-Obregon"
Article Synopsis
- Childhood and adolescence are key times for developing food and beverage habits, significantly influenced by Mexican mothers.
- A study analyzed data from 1532 Mexican children and their mothers, revealing that 94.6% of children had unhealthy beverage patterns, with low water intake and high consumption of sugary drinks.
- The findings showed that mothers with lower socioeconomic status, education, and higher BMI were linked to a higher risk of their children having unhealthy beverage habits, suggesting areas for future interventions.
Overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) during childhood/adolescence are major public health problems in Mexico. Several obesogenic lifestyle (OL) risk factors have been identified, but the burden and consequences of them in Mexican children/adolescents remain unclear. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of OL components and describe their relationships with adiposity, and OW/OB.
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