Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this study is to present changes of policies and
norms aimed to reduce obesity levels that have been adopted in some Latin American …

Abstract In Latin American countries, obesity prevalence has increased significantly as a
result of rapid urbanization and an improvement in socioeconomic conditions. We report the …

Objective: To describe the strategies implemented in seventeen Latin American countries for
obesity prevention and to provide an overview of their impact. Design: A thorough search of …

The rate of childhood obesity is a public health problem and has increased dramatically in
recent decades in most Latin American countries, mainly in Mexico. The different causal …

The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity in Latin America poses a major public
health challenge to the region. In response, many countries are implementing obesity …

Background Overweight and obesity in school-age children, in Mexico as in other countries
around the world, is a rapidly increasing public health problem within recent years, with …

Childhood obesity rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world. This paper
examines and evaluates the many efforts underway in the region to reduce and prevent …

In recent decades, obesity has become a major public health problem in developed
societies and economies in transition. Rapid social changes that have occurred since the …

Objective We examined the outcomes of the Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and
Exercise (CHILE) study, a group randomized controlled trial to design, implement, and test …

Background Mexico 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 …