Mexicanas first place in overweight

• April 23, 2024

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), revealed that Mexican women occupy the first place in overweight . In this regard, the Federal Health Secretariat (Ssa), reported, through a press release, that 30% of the population has obesity and 70% overweight . In the case of adult women, 72% have overweight , while men occupy 67%.

10 years ago, 25,717 of the deaths of women were due to diabetes linked to the obesity . In this sense, the owner of the Ssa, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos , said that the diabetes it is a disease that is closely related to overweight Y obesity : "But if important preventive measures are taken, by 2020 half of the Mexican population will be obese and probably the frequency of the disease will double. "

By giving an x-ray of the health of the Mexican women, the deputy secretary of Prevention and health promotion , of the Ssa, Mauricio Hernández Ávila, He explained that women still die of diseases that are preventable. During 2010, 5,113 women died because of breast cancer and 3 thousand 800 for cervical cancer . Hernández Ávila said that although progress has been made on issues such as attention to intrafamily violence problems, there are still challenges regarding women's health.

Next, we present you a fragment of the radio program of Carmen Aristegui , issued on February 3, 2011, regarding the issue of obesity Y overweight , where it reveals that the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), affirms that 85% of primary school children are sedentary and only 10% of Mexicans do some type of sport activity:

Video Medicine: Mexico, con Problemas de Sobrepeso / Mexico, Country with Highest Obesity Rate [IGEO.TV] (April 2024).