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Cantinas saludables para promover hábitos alimentarios en las escuelas

La alimentación y la nutrición son muy importantes para promover y mantener la buena salud a lo largo de toda la vida. Las autoridades nacionales, provinciales y municipales reconocen la importancia de la Educación Alimentaria Nutricional (EAN) y la implementación de quioscos saludables en las escuel...

Análisis de la Situación de las Enfermedades Crónicas No Transmisibles

El propósito de este documento es hacer una descripción de los factores sociales, económicos y del ambiente en Paraguay, que repercuten en la incidencia de factores de riesgo relacionados con las ECNT. Se ha utilizado una variedad de fuentes secundarias con el objetivo de consolidar y presentar inform...

Analysis of TV, advertising and other behavioral determinants of overweight and obesity in childhood

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.2), 2014
Worldwide obesity has reached the proportion of an epidemic. A well-established fact is that nowadays many low-and middle-income countries are facing a "double burden" of disease, dealing with under-nutrition on one side, and on the other experiencing a rapid rise in non-communicable disease risk factors...

Consumption of fruits and vegetables and health status of Mexican children from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.2), 2014
Objective. To characterize the current consumption of fruits and vegetables based on the international recommendations, as well as its relationship to certain variables of interest in Mexican children aged 6 to 12 years. Materials and methods. Adherence to the international recommendations for the consum...

Narrativa infantil en entornos escolares: Una estrategia de promoción de la salud

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.2), 2014
Objetivo. Describir el proceso de desarrollo de las capacidades de una población escolar en relación con la alimentación, actividad física y prevención de obesidad, dentro de una iniciativa de Escuela Promotora de Salud (EPS), implementada en una escuela primaria pública y sustentada en un enfoque ...

Contribution of formative research to design an environmental program for obesity prevention in schools in Mexico City

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.2), 2014
Objective. This paper describes the methods and key findings of formative research conducted to design a school-based program for obesity prevention. Materials and methods. Formative research was based on the ecological model and the principles of social marketing. A mixed method approach was used. Quali...

Evidences to validate public policies: a review with an international research perspective

Salud pública Méx; 56 (supl.2), 2014
Nutrition and related health issues are nowadays topics of general interest. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased with alarming speed over the past twenty years, being described by the World Health Organization as a global epidemic. An evidence-based approach to public health interventi...

Módulo educativo para la promoción de la alimentación y nutrición saludable, dirigido al personal de salud
Educational module for the promotion healthy food and nutrition for staff healthcare

El módulo, incluye material didáctico de apoyo al facilitador en el desarrollo de las sesiones educativas, el cual pretende ser una herramienta para que el personal de salud trabaje con los docentes de educación inicial, primaria y secundaria la importancia de la alimentación saludable de niñas, ni...

Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico
Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico.

INTRODUCTION: Currently, cardiovascular risk factors have not been studied so extensively in young people. OBJECTIVE: To compare the cardiovascular risk factor between Colombian and Mexican children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a transversal, descriptive, comparative and clinical study. 30 children of...