Factores, causas y perspectivas de la obesidad infantil en México

This work is a review of the information about childhood obesity in Mexico from 2000 to 2012. Obesity is a public health problem, which has recently reached epidemic proportions in some countries. This pathology is the main problem of adult malnutrition and has dramatically increased in children, since it is estimated that over 40 million children have overweight or obesity. It involves several factors such as genetic, metabolic, psychosocial and environmental ones. As a result, it is difficult to distinguish their influence in different cases. However, a well-recognized factor in the development of childhood obesity is the media, which promotes a sedentary lifestyle. Childhood obesity is a risk factor associated with cardiovascular disease in adults, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes Type II. (MED. UIS. 2013;26(1)59:68).