%0 Journal Article
%T Childhood obesity in Mexico: A critical analysis of the environmental factors, behaviours and discourses contributing to the epidemic
%A Bernardo Turnbull
%A Gloria Oliva Mart¨ªnez-Andrade
%A Marco Gonz¨¢lez-Unzaga
%A Sarah Frances Gordon
%J Health Psychology Open
%@ 2055-1029
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2055102919849406
%X Mexico has the highest prevalence globally for children who are overweight. We conducted a qualitative study to understand childhood obesity in Mexico and the complex factors at play. Data were collected at three elementary schools in a low socio-economic area in Mexico City. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 60 children, 24 parents and 28 teachers. The children interviewed were between the ages of 8 and 12£¿years old. Interview texts were analysed using NVivo 9 and 10 and thematic discourse analysis was used. Findings revealed how children¡¯s choices around nutrition and physical activity were constrained by their environment and discursive constructions
%K behaviour
%K children
%K environment
%K Mexico
%K obesity
%K obesogenic
%K thematic discourse analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102919849406