Tania C Aburto

TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.

TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as mentioned in this paper, the authors estimated the quantities for acute and chronic diseases and injuries for 188 countries between 1990 and 2013.

TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) as mentioned in this paper provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.

TL;DR: A systematic review to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 0-19 years in Latin America was carried out by as discussed by the authors, where indicators used were BMI (kg/m 2 ) in all age groups and weight-for-height in children younger than 5 years.

TL;DR: The results show the need to generate a food environment conducive to a healthier diet in the Mexican population, as discretionary foods contributed more than one-quarter of total energy intake and were 13 percentage points above the maximum allowed by the recommendations.