Factors that trigger childhood obesity, a public health problem

Authors

  • Jesús Carlos Ruvalcaba Ledezma Departamento de Medicina y Salud Pública en [ICSa – UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Juan Hernández Barrera Estudiantes de Medicina del [ICSa –UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Jesús Roberto García Díaz Estudiantes de Medicina del [ICSa –UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Antonio Lozano Jaén Estudiantes de Medicina del [ICSa –UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Lorena Ivonne Morales García Maestrante en Salud Pública Instituto Elise Freinet, Hidalgo
  • Miriam Selene Hernández Medina Maestrante en Salud Pública en [ICSa-UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Iracema Islas Vega Maestrante en Salud Pública en [ICSa-UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Maricarmen Rivera Gómez Área académica de Medicina y Servicios de Salud de Hidalgo [SSH; ICSa-UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Josefina Reynoso Vázquez Departamento de Farmacia y Maestría en Salud Pública en [ICSa-UAEH]. Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19230/jonnpr.2542

Keywords:

Overweight, Obesity, Child, Adolescent, Causality, Impacts on health

Abstract

Obesity is a global pandemic and children are a vulnerable group. Obesity in childhood and adolescence has a negative impact on the health and burden of diseases at that stage of life and later on in adulthood. Therefore, it is crucial to seek strategies and interventions that prevent overweight and obesity  in children and adolescents to improve the health conditions of a country.

Aim. To determine the triggers of childhood obesity in Hidalgo as a public health problem in children aged 6 to 12 years.

Material and methods. For the study the population relative to the parents will be taken as reference point, being a secondary source, of students of the six grades of primary education that comprise  ages of 6 to 12 years.

Results. The results show that 100% of people are aware of the concept of childhood obesity, but they continue with bad habits such as sedentary lifestyle and the consumption of junk food.

Conclusion. People are aware of what childhood obesity is and the problems or consequences that it brings  ith it, however, obesity and sedentary lifestyle predominate in several homes, and despite this knowledge, they do not modify their routine or their diet, Which is very important to prevent chronic degenerative diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis. 

 

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2018-07-09

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Vol. 3 No. 8: (August 2018) JONNPR 2018;3(8):558-673

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