Low calorie products vs childhood obesity

• April 20, 2024

In order to reduce the levels of overweight Y obesity that prevails in the children of Mexico, came into force the strategy of selling in schools only products with a maximum of 130 calories per serving.

This is one of the General Guidelines for Expenditures or Distribution of Food and Beverages in School Consumption Establishments of Basic Education Facilities which has already entered into force throughout the Mexican Republic.

In this regard, the federal health secretary of Mexico, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos , stated that the purpose is to influence the control of childhood obesity , because 26% of children between 5 and 11 years old and 31% of adolescents are overweight.

The overweight and the childhood obesity they detonate the appearance of diseases that were only seen in the adult population. A study conducted in the Children's Hospital of Mexico , to 100 children, revealed that 16% suffer from hypertension and 50% present metabolic syndrome which includes high levels of triglycerides Y cholesterol .

Here's a video of the Spanish Heart Foundation , with some tips to avoid the overweight In children:

On the other hand, Mercedes Juan López , executive president of the Mexican Foundation for Health (FUNSALUD), noted that the problem of obesity in children under 11, it increased four percentage points between 2006 and 2008, after comparing the national surveys of Health and Nutrition 2006 and School Health in 2010.

The foregoing demonstrates that the country is facing a problem that requires effective policies to improve the education and nutrition of the family, modify the obesigenic environment in the home and school and greater resources for prevention.

Video Medicine: Top 10 causes of obesity in children - Boston Children's Hospital - Top 20 Health Challenges (April 2024).