[Interventions to control overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Peru].
Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents represent a serious public health problem in Peru, with high costs for society that require the implementation of a set of public policies directed toward its control. Thus, interventions have been proposed as the regulation of advertising of unhealthy foods, self-regulation, the implementation of kiosks healthy and nutritional labeling. From the analysis of the problem of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Peru, this article is a narrative review of such interventions.
Centro Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
Óscar
Ó
Aquino-Vivanco
Adolfo
A
Aramburu
Óscar
Ó
Munares-García
Guillermo
G
Gómez-Guizado
Elizabeth
E
García-Torres
Fernando
F
Donaires-Toscano
Fabián
F
Fiestas
D000293:Adolescent; D000329:Advertising; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D050177:Overweight / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010568:Peru; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult