Malnutrition has historically been researched and addressed within two distinct silos,
focusing either on undernutrition, food insecurity, and micronutrient deficiencies, or on …

Decades ago, discussion of an impending global pandemic of obesity was thought of as
heresy. But in the 1970s, diets began to shift towards increased reliance upon processed …

Background In low-and middle-income countries, the distribution of childhood nutritional
diseases is shifting from a predominance of undernutrition to a dual burden of under-and …

Objetivo. Describir la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad (SyO) en adultos mexicanos
mayores de 20 años, así como detallar su tendencia en las últimas tres encuestas. Material …

Undernutrition is one of the most important public health problems, affecting more than 900
million individuals around the World. It is responsible for the highest mortality rate in children …

Mexico is experiencing an epidemiological and nutritional transition period, and Mexican
children are often affected by the double burden of malnutrition, which includes …

M exico's obesity prevalence is one of the world's highest. In 2006, academics, and federal
and state government agencies initiated efforts to design a national policy for obesity …

Little is understood about the patterns and trends in adolescent and adult beverage intake in
Mexico or most other countries. Here, we used nationally representative dietary intake …

Objetivo. Describir la prevalencia, distribución y tendencias de la hipertensión arterial (HTA)
en los adultos mexicanos de 20 años o más, así como conocer la prevalencia de …

Significantly revised and updated, this second edition of the bestselling Handbook of
Nutrition and Food welcomes contributions from several new authors, including Elaine B …