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<journal-id>0036-3634</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Salud Pública de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Salud pública Méx]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0036-3634</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0036-36342022000200225</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21149/13679</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Volviéndonos mejores: necesidad de acción inmediata ante el reto de la obesidad. Una postura de profesionales de la salud]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Becoming better: the need for immediate action to address obesity. A position statement from health professionals]]></article-title>
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<name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garibay-Nieto]]></surname>
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<name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bonvecchio]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Perichart]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres-Tamayo]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Esquivias-Zavala]]></surname>
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<name>
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<name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kaufer-Horwitz]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Montañez]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fajardo Niquete]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ileana]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguirre-Crespo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Álvarez]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio C.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Denova-Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Batis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Elías-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palos-Lucio]]></surname>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vásquez-Garibay]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar M.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero-Velarde]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Araceli]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Almendra-Pegueros]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Contreras]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nieto]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Cordero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sonia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Munguía]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-Russell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Escobedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Samantha]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Delgado-Amézquita]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elvia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aranda-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Irma]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cruz-Casarrubias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos-Nonato]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ismael]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Espino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fátima]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sophia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arellano-Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura P.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Caballero-Cantú]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Idalia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hunot-Alexander]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valero-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lorena]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ríos-Cortázar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Medina-García]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Argumedo]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Calleja-Enríquez]]></surname>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Robles-Macías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edna]]></given-names>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nava-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edna J.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lara-Riegos]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Plascencia]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Fernández]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Núñez]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rangel-Quillo]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cancino-Marentes]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Viana]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Saldivar-Frausto]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Ramírez]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sandoval-Salazar]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villarreal-Arce]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barriguete]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[White]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jauregui]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Hospital General Regional 1 ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Salud Pública y Nutrición ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Facultad de Química Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Genética Molecular]]></institution>
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<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Cancerología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría de Salud Clínicas Integrales de Desórdenes Metabólicos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Coahuila]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Querétaro]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit Unidad Académica de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Nayarit]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Unidad Académica de Desarrollo y Gestión Pública ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Zacatecas]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Vasco de Quiroga  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia Michoacán]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato División de Ciencias de Salud e Ingenierías Departamento de Enfermería y Obstetricia]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Guanajuato]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica Especializada en el Manejo de la Diabetes  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría de Educación Pública Mejores Prácticas y Cooperación Dirección General de Política Educativa]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A44">
<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría de Salud Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>64</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>225</fpage>
<lpage>229</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: In recent decades, the growing obesity epidemic in Mexico has become one of the most important public health challenges faced by the country. With support from the World Obesity Federation, we formed a working group in 2021 to identify and summarize priority actions that Mexico can take to face this epidemic. More than 1 000 health professionals joined the development and discussion process. Recommendations from previously published, high-level documents and guidelines were taken into account. In commemoration of World Obesity Day 2022, this statement is presented as input for health care professionals to develop actions to address obesity. The statement includes 10 recommendations that include population-level and individual-level actions. It emphasizes the importance of social participation, comprehensive interventions with a person- centered perspective, planetary sustainability, on improving education and communication campaigns, as well as fostering a built environment that promotes active living, and shielding prevention and control efforts from conflicts of interest. The statement calls for obesity to be treated seriously, based on scientific evidence, in a timely and comprehensive manner, employing a life-course and ethical approach that does not perpetuate weight stigma in society.]]></p></abstract>
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