Thinness, overweight and obesity in indigenous youth in Oaxaca, 1970 and 2007

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2013

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Salud Pública de México

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REDALYC : Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Salud Pública de México

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Salud growth Mexico children Prevalence adolescents

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Fatness Corpulence Overweight Adiposity

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Robert M Malina et al., « Thinness, overweight and obesity in indigenous youth in Oaxaca, 1970 and 2007 », Salud Pública de México, ID : 10670/1.7h7ptb

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"Objective . To evaluate change in body mass index (BMI) and weight status of indigenous youth in Oaxaca between the 1970s and 2007. Materials and methods . Heights and weights were measured in cross-sectional samples of school children 6-14 years in the 1970s (2 897) and 2007 (4 305); BMI was calculated. International Obesity Task Force cutoffs for weight status were used. BMI and prevalence of severe and moderate thinness, overweight and obesity were compared by year. Results . BMI increased significantly across time. Primary change in weight status occurred in overweight, 1970s,

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