Title
Interventions to control overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Peru
Other title
Intervenciones para el control del sobrepeso y obesidad en niños y adolescentes en el Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents represent a serious public health problem in Peru, with high costs for society that require the implementation of a set of public policies directed toward its control. Thus, interventions have been proposed as the regulation of advertising of unhealthy foods, self-regulation, the implementation of kiosks healthy and nutritional labeling. From the analysis of the problem of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Peru, this article is a narrative review of such interventions.
Start page
275
End page
282
Volume
30
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría
Nutrición, Dietética
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84882646305
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus