title: Increased calorie intake at a specific mid-morning meal and increased intake of soft drinks are strongly associated with obesity in Mexican rural women.
abstract: The study investigated the dietary habits and foods that are associated with obesity in women from a rural area in Mexico. Anthropometry and body fat were measured in 580 women. Participants answered a socioeconomic and a food-frequency questionnaire; a subsample (n = 80) also answered three 24-hour-recall questionnaires. Results showed that obese women consumed more soft drinks and fat than did overweight and normal-weight women. Women who consumed more energy during a mid-morning meal had higher BMI. A strategy to decrease the prevalence of obesity in rural areas could be to encourage limiting the consumption of soft drinks and eliminating or reducing caloric intake at a mid-morning meal.
authors.affiliation: a School of Natural Sciences , Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro , Juriquilla , Querétaro , México.
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Caamaño
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Olga P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ronquillo
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Jorge L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rosado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001628:Beverages; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D062407:Meals; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D050177:Overweight; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose
keywords: dietary habits; food; meals; obesity; women