Editorial

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  • José Pacheco Romero Presidente del Comité Editorial, Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v77i4.12645

Abstract

According to the latest health sector reports from Peru, More than 63% of the population between the ages of 30 and 59 suffers from Overweight or obesity (1). This is worrying, even more so than Know that the intergenerational transmission of the Body mass (BMI) and obesity occurs primarily Genetic mechanisms (2). The problem is bigger on the coast And jungle, with evidence of an increase in metabolism Of glucose in height, which includes a lower resistance To insulin in non-obese subjects (3) and greater presence Of the metabolic syndrome in the population below the 1000 masl that is above 3 000 masl (4). In Peru, Has found prevalence of obesity from 9% (5) to 18% (6) in the Height, smaller than the coast and jungle.

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2016-12-16

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Vol. 77 No. 4 (2016)

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Editorial

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Pacheco Romero J. Editorial. An Fac med [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 16 [cited 2024 May 18];77(4):323-5. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/12645