Mexico Health Alert, Five Million Obese Children Prensa Latina
go to original April 6, 2012

Alejandro Calvillo (activaMexico)

Nearly five million children in Mexico are overweight and obese, while ten million people suffer from diabetes, a health situation declared a national emergency, according to some experts' opinions.

Mexico has reported the highest number of overweight and obese people, but especially children from 1999 to 2006, the head of the civil non-profit organization El Poder del Consumidor (Consumer Power), Alejandro Calvillo, told Prensa Latina.

During those seven years, national surveys on children's health and nutrition showed that the number of overweight and obese children between five and 11 years of age increased 40 percent.

This situation is linked to increased cases of type II diabetes, a condition that has to do with the diet, Calvillo said.

If ten million diabetics are currently estimated, that number is expected to reach 20 million by 2020, he added.

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