[Overweight in 12-49 year-old women and children under 5 years of age in Mexico].
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the association between some sociodemographic characteristics and the risk of obesity among 12-49 year-old women and children aged under five.


METHODS
We analyzed data from Mexico's 1988 National Nutrition Survey, including information on 15 811 women of child-bearing age and 6 987 children aged under five years. We estimated the obesity prevalence rate ratios and confidence intervals for all the variables of interest.


RESULTS
Preschool children living in the north and central regions of Mexico presented higher obesity prevalence rates than those living in the southeast (PR = 1.90, 95% CI 1.41-2.59 and PR = 1.91, 95% CI 1.41-2.59, respectively). The risk of obesity was positively associated to the educational level of the head of the household. The prevalence of obesity was greater among child-bearing age women living in the northern region of Mexico and in Mexico City (PR = 1.21, 95% CI 1.10-1.34 and PR = 1.16, 95% CI 1.05-1.28). The prevalence of obesity was also positively associated with the number of live births and negatively associated with the woman's educational level.


CONCLUSIONS
It is necessary to implement obesity prevention programs among high risk groups.
Hernández
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B
Departamento de Dieta y Enfermedades Crónicas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), México.
Peterson
K
K
Sobol
A
A
Rivera
J
J
Sepúlveda
J
J
Lezana
M A
MA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors
Sobrepeso en mujeres de 12 a 49 años y niños menores de cinco años en México.