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Yacatecuhtli


Feb 20, 2012, 4:00 PM

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Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in the world

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En México hay más muertes por hambre que las causadas por los enfrentamientos entre narcotraficantes, indican cifras reportadas de 2001 a 2010.


De acuerdo con el Centro de Estudios e Investigación en Desarrollo y Asistencia Social (CEIDAS), basado en datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), en ese lapso fallecieron 85 mil 343 personas por desnutrición, frente a las 49 mil 804 víctimas por el crimen organizado que registraron la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) y la Cámara de Diputados.


http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/...elnarco-1222357.html


! Al pan, pan y al vino, vino !

johanson


Feb 20, 2012, 5:23 PM

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Re: [Yacatecuhtli] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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And which is the most obese country in the world? You guessed it, the US according to a google link shown below.

http://www.nationmaster.com/...a_obe-health-obesity

richmx2


Feb 20, 2012, 6:18 PM

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Re: [Yacatecuhtli] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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I don't question that malnutrition is a more serious public health problem than naroc-violence, nor that obesity is also a public health concern, but I DO wonder whether the standards for obesity -- the Body-Mass Index which there is evidence does not take into account non-European body types -- doesn't skew the results when dealing with populations with large non-Euopean genetic roots. Not that one can't be obese AND malnourished, of course.


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Papirex


Feb 20, 2012, 6:54 PM

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Re: [johanson] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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There are simple answers Pete, It always amazes me, how many people have kept themselves in ignorance that whipped cream, cake frosting, and sugar and cream in coffee kill calories and neutralize Cholesterol. Before I quit drinking, dry gin Martinis used to do the same thing. At least I always believed that they did :)


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rayitodeluna

Mar 18, 2012, 11:36 PM

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Re: [richmx2] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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I think this is a very good point. Recently, I read an article about this very topic and their conclusion was the same -BMI is a system desgined to calculate those of European heritage.

From personal experience, I actually dont see that many obese people here in Mexico City. And searching for my husbands pant size has been nearly impossible. And I wont mention bra shopping here in the land of "nothing bigger than a B" .


But yes, very unhealthy eating habits indeed. Yesterday I saw a 1.5 year old drink pepsi, eat camdy , then have cake all in an hour. Yikes.

~~~~~~ Enjoying life in northern D.F. with our family of Americans and chilangos.
Family and expat blog here : http://threecurlygirlys.blogspot.mx/ ~~~~~~

Vichil

Mar 19, 2012, 9:31 AM

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Re: [rayitodeluna] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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Liverpool has larger sizes for men and women.

tonyburton


Mar 19, 2012, 9:38 AM

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Re: [rayitodeluna] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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The problems with the BMI (Body Mass Index) are well documented, which is why an alternative has been proposed which is receiving widespread attention:
http://www.thesciworld.com/2011/03/a-new-obesity-scale-claiming-to-be-better-than-bmi-proposed/
The Body Adiposity index (API) involves equally simple measurements and is equally easy to calculate.

rayitodeluna

Mar 19, 2012, 9:45 AM

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Re: [Vichil] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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Liverpool has larger sizes for men and women.
Thank you! I will check there.

~~~~~~ Enjoying life in northern D.F. with our family of Americans and chilangos.
Family and expat blog here : http://threecurlygirlys.blogspot.mx/ ~~~~~~

rayitodeluna

Mar 19, 2012, 9:46 AM

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Re: [tonyburton] Hunger kills more people than Narcos in Mexico, the second most obese country in

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The problems with the BMI (Body Mass Index) are well documented, which is why an alternative has been proposed which is receiving widespread attention:
http://www.thesciworld.com/2011/03/a-new-obesity-scale-claiming-to-be-better-than-bmi-proposed/
The Body Adiposity index (API) involves equally simple measurements and is equally easy to calculate.

I thought I had seen this somewhere. Thank you for the link, very interesting.

~~~~~~ Enjoying life in northern D.F. with our family of Americans and chilangos.
Family and expat blog here : http://threecurlygirlys.blogspot.mx/ ~~~~~~
 
 
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