PMID- 31661341
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200306
LR  - 20200306
IS  - 1464-5033 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4460 (Linking)
VI  - 46
IP  - 6
DP  - 2019 Sep
TI  - Thinness, overweight, and obesity in indigenous school children and youth in 
      Mexico.
PG  - 448-459
LID - 10.1080/03014460.2019.1674378 [doi]
AB  - Background: The prevalence of overweight (OWT) and obesity (OB), defined by the 
      body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) among children and youth has increased worldwide 
      in the last 30-40 years.Aim: To evaluate the weight status, defined by the BMI, 
      of indigenous school children and youth resident in different regions of 
      MexicoSubjects and methods: Students 6-18 years (31,448 boys, 27,306 girls) were 
      enrolled in bilingual schools for indigenous children and youth in Mexico in 
      2012. Height and weight were measured; the BMI was calculated. The BMI of each 
      student was classified relative to International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) age- 
      and sex-specific criteria as thin (three grades), normal, overweight (OWT) or 
      obese (OB). The sample was divided into five geographic regions for analysis: 
      North, Central, South-Gulf, South-Pacific, and South-Southeast. Age- and 
      sex-specific prevalence, 95% confidence intervals, and Chi-square tests were 
      calculated.Results: Prevalence of OWT + OB was highest in the South-Gulf, 
      South-Pacific and South-Southeast regions and lowest in the North and Central 
      regions, while thinness was most prevalent in the North and Central 
      regions.Conclusion: Prevalence of severe and moderate thinness was relatively 
      low, while the combined prevalence of OWT + OB was generally more prevalent in 
      indigenous boys than girls. However, the prevalence of thinness, OWT + OB among 
      indigenous children and youth was lower than in the general population of 
      children and youth in Mexico.
FAU - Little, Bert B
AU  - Little BB
AD  - Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences, School of Public Health and 
      Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
AD  - Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
FAU - Malina, Robert M
AU  - Malina RM
AD  - Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences, School of Public Health and 
      Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
AD  - Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
AD  - Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 
      Bay City, TX, USA.
FAU - Pena-Reyes, Maria Eugenia
AU  - Pena-Reyes ME
AD  - Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e 
      Historia, Mexico City, Mexico.
FAU - Chavez, Guilermo Bali
AU  - Chavez GB
AD  - Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indigenas, Mexico City, Mexico.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20191029
PL  - England
TA  - Ann Hum Biol
JT  - Annals of human biology
JID - 0404024
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Child
MH  - Humans
MH  - Indians, North American/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Mexico/epidemiology
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Thinness/*epidemiology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BMI
OT  - Latin America
OT  - geographic variation
OT  - weight status
EDAT- 2019/10/30 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/07 06:00
CRDT- 2019/10/30 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/10/30 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/03014460.2019.1674378 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Hum Biol. 2019 Sep;46(6):448-459. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2019.1674378. Epub 
      2019 Oct 29.