Bacardi-Gascón M, Jiménez-Cruz A, Jones E, Velasquez Perez I, Loaiza Martinez J A
Hospital Infantil de las Californias and Medical School, Postgrado en Nutricion, Universidad de Baja California, Baja California, Mexico.
Ecol Food Nutr. 2009 May-Jun;48(3):226-36. doi: 10.1080/03670240902794507.
The objectives of this study were to compare the trends of obesity from 2001-02 to 2006-07 in school children of Tijuana, Mexico and to investigate the relationship with the child's gender and type of school attended. Bietapic random sample was selected by cluster of schools and groups. Results of the 1684 children from 6-14 years of age assessed showed an overall prevalence of obesity (> 95(th)) of 28%. An overall increase of overweight and obesity of 7-percentage points (p=0.0003), from 41 to 48%, being higher among boys and younger girls. Prevalence of obesity was higher among boys and children from private schools.
本研究的目的是比较2001 - 02年至2006 - 07年墨西哥蒂华纳学童的肥胖趋势，并调查其与儿童性别及就读学校类型的关系。通过学校和群组聚类选取了Bietapic随机样本。对1684名6 - 14岁儿童的评估结果显示，肥胖（>第95百分位）的总体患病率为28%。超重和肥胖总体增加了7个百分点（p = 0.0003），从41%增至48%，男孩和年幼女孩中的患病率更高。私立学校的男孩和儿童肥胖患病率更高。
