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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-NDArchivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición

Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en el noroeste de México por tres referencias de índice de masa corporal: diferencias en la clasificación

  • Erik Ramírez1
  • María Isabel Grijalva-Haro1
  • José Antonio Ponce1
  • Mauro E. Valencia1
  1. 1División de Nutrición, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. Hermosillo, Sonora. México
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children from northwest of Mexico based on BMI/age and three criteria of growth reference standards. Six hundred and four children, 6 to 10 years of age, from 17 municipalities of the state of Sonora were measured for weight and height and age established from birth certificate school records. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was determined by the new version of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/NCHS), the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and the values proposed by The World Health Organization (WHO) that was utilized in the National Nutrition Survey of 1999 in Mexico (ENN). Using the WHO reference, prevalence of overweight and obesity was 39%. This was higher than the CDC/NCHS (20%) and IOTF (17%) references, respectively. Prevalence of overweight and obesity by CDC/NCHS and IOTF criteria, showed the best agreement (Kappa >80); this was not the case when prevalence from CDC/NCHS and IOTF were compared to the WHO criteria (Kappa <40). For overweight and obesity frequencies, no sex or urban-rural differences were observed (p>0.05). In conclusion, the use of these 3 reference values systems using BMI/ age did not show the same prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity. The use of the WHO method can overestimate the prevalence of obesity in children, therefore the use of these 3 references should be considered for future comparisons.

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@article{ramirez2026prevalencia,
  title = {{Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en el noroeste de México por tres referencias de índice de masa corporal: diferencias en la clasificación}},
  author = {Erik Ramírez and María Isabel Grijalva-Haro and José Antonio Ponce and Mauro E. Valencia},
  journal = {Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición},
  year = {2026},
  month = jul,
  doi = {10.37527/2006.56.3.007},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.37527/2006.56.3.007},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en el noroeste de México por tres referencias de índice de masa corporal: diferencias en la clasificación
AU  - Erik Ramírez
AU  - María Isabel Grijalva-Haro
AU  - José Antonio Ponce
AU  - Mauro E. Valencia
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/25
JO  - Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición
DO  - 10.37527/2006.56.3.007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.37527/2006.56.3.007
AB  - The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children from northwest of Mexico based on BMI/age and three criteria of growth reference standards. Six hundred and four children, 6 to 10 years of age, from 17 municipalities of the state of Sonora were measured for weight and height and age established from birth certificate school records. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was determined by the new version of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/NCHS), the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and the values proposed by The World Health Organization (WHO) that was utilized in the National Nutrition Survey of 1999 in Mexico (ENN). Using the WHO reference, prevalence of overweight and obesity was 39%. This was higher than the CDC/NCHS (20%) and IOTF (17%) references, respectively. Prevalence of overweight and obesity by CDC/NCHS and IOTF criteria, showed the best agreement (Kappa >80); this was not the case when prevalence from CDC/NCHS and IOTF were compared to the WHO criteria (Kappa <40). For overweight and obesity frequencies, no sex or urban-rural differences were observed (p>0.05). In conclusion, the use of these 3 reference values systems using BMI/ age did not show the same prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity. The use of the WHO method can overestimate the prevalence of obesity in children, therefore the use of these 3 references should be considered for future comparisons.
SN  - 0004-0622
SN  - 2309-5806
ER  -