Increased calorie intake at a specific mid-morning meal and increased intake of soft drinks are strongly associated with obesity in Mexican rural women.
Ecol Food Nutr
; 54(2): 157-74, 2015.
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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.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Población Rural
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Ingestión de Energía
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Bebidas Gaseosas
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Índice de Masa Corporal
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Sacarosa en la Dieta
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Conducta Alimentaria
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Obesidad
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ecol Food Nutr
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article