SOBREPESO Y OBESIDAD

Abstract

The overweight and obesity are now cataloged as problems of public health in several countries; Mexico is not the exception. At the present, these diseases have reached epidemiological rates all across the world. It is caused by the imbalance between the caloric intake and the energy consumption. Educative Mexican authorities have started a program called five steps “Cinco Pasos”, which consists in: activation, taking water, ingestion of fruit and vegetables, measure yourself and share with family and friends. In the country, the overweight and the obesity have affected more than 15% of the children, almost a third of teenagers and two thirds of grownups. The research center “CIIDIR” has developed different types of nutritive meals with low energetic content besides they use raw materials of the region to benefit the community.