title: Overweight and obesity trends in Mexican children 2 to 18 years of age from 1988 to 2006.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe prevalences and trends of overweight and obesity/OW&OB in Mexican children from 1988 to 2006 at the national level and by relevant subpopulations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prevalences of OW&OB in children aged 2-18 years were estimated using body mass index data from three national surveys conducted in 1988, 1999 and 2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalences of OW&OB are high in children of all ages, particularly among school-age and adolescent groups disaggregated by regions, socioeconomic status, urban and rural areas, and ethnic groups. The overall prevalence of OW&OB in children 2 to 18 years old in 2006 was 26.3%. Prevalences by age groups were 16.7% in preschool-age, 26.2% in school-age, and 30.9% in adolescents, using the IOTF classification system.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Upward trends were observed in school-age children and adolescents at the national level and in all subpopulations.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Anabelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonvecchio
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Safdie
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Monterrubio
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gust
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villalpando
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rivera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013997:Time Factors