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Revista mexicana de trastornos alimentarios

versión On-line ISSN 2007-1523

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CONTRERAS LANDGRAVE, Georgina et al. Obesity in the State of Mexico: Interfaces and concurrences. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2014, vol.5, n.1, pp.50-57. ISSN 2007-1523.

In Mexico, from the eighties decade, various documents were made, and in which is specified the health care of the population, including obesity, documents which have been enriched by documents recently issued yet. However, as a health problem, overweight and obesity have become major challenges, placing the country at first place in health statistics on worldwide. This situation is identified in the different zones of the country, such as in the case of the State of Mexico. The objective of this work was to understand the relationship between emission of health programs, its contents, and the performance of the participants. The present paper was documentary, retrospective, analytical, and reflective kind. In a first step, different documents issued at national and regional level, characterized by including the regulatory framework for the care of obesity, were analyzed. Subsequently, the findings of four researches were considered, which made a link between the programs and their implementation. It can be stated that in Mexico, the health care and prevention of obesity are classified as an individual guarantee, expressed in the Political Constitution. As part of the national health policies, various documents establish the prevention of obesity; however by contrasting them with the results of the four studies, an inconsistency in implementation is identified. A closely monitoring of the process of implementation of preventive programs is required, to achieve the objectives posed in national health policies.

Palabras llave : Normative framework; programs; Obesity.

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