Women and Health Learning Package Developed by The Network: TUFH Women and Health Taskforce Second edition, September 2006

The current nutritional and health profiles of the Mexican population reflect notable failures in the field of social policies. Protein-energy malnutrition and infectious diseases are still relevant public health matters among poor rural and urban populations, and they remain common causes of death during infancy and childhood, and even later in life. By contrast, overweight and obesity affect a large proportion of the adult urban population and are rapidly increasing among young children and lower income groups; over the last decades, the high prevalence rates of obesity have been a major factor in the increase of chronic diseases, which...