During adolescence, many young people gain greater food choice agency but also become
increasingly exposed and susceptible to environmental pressures that influence their food …

Urban health is shaped by a system of factors spanning multiple levels and scales, and
through a complex set of interactions. Building on causal loop diagrams developed via …

Objective We investigate the obesity transition at the country-and regional-levels, by age,
gender, and socioeconomic status (SES) and its relationship to three health behavior …

Purpose This paper aims to enrich understanding of the obesity transition among
socioeconomic status (SES) strata by gender and age in cities of Colombia and Mexico. The …

Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling (SEM-Bayesian) was applied across different
research areas to model the correlation between manifest and latent variables. The primary …

Background While the prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide, the growing rates of
overweight and obesity in developing countries are disquieting. Obesity is widely …

Background The growing rates of obesity in developing countries are alarming. There is a
paucity of evidence about disparities of obesity in Lesotho. This study examined …

Prevention capacity of local health organisations is associated with the performance and
outcomes in public health. In Colombia, where cardiovascular disease is the leading cause …

Resumen Introducción: En Colombia, la prevalencia de la obesidad en adultos sigue en
aumento. Sin embargo, no existe evidencia de revisiones que recopilen la literatura …

Background Malnutrition and food insecurity might be driven not only by individual factors
but also by contextual conditions, such as area-level deprivation or vulnerability. This study …