Políticas públicas e intervenciones para prevenir el exceso de peso en México: análisis desde una perspectiva interseccional
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Date
2024-09Permanent link
https://hdl.handle.net/11351/12609DOI
10.1590/1413-81232024299.04142023
ISSN
1413-8123
WOS
001301030400001
PMID
39194103
Abstract
The scope of this article is to analyze public policies and interventions (PPI) prevailing in 2022 at the national level for the prevention of excess weight (overweight and obesity) in the adult population of Mexico, from an intersectional perspective. We performed documental analysis of PPI to prevent excess weight in Mexico in adulthood by applying a methodology for policy analysis based on intersectionality (Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework). A total of nine PPI were analyzed. The extent to which the PPI design considers an intersectional perspective is heterogeneous in the documents analyzed. In the definition of the problem, we identified two main tendencies, namely reductionist and holistic. Both are combined in a variable way in the PPI, revealing internal contradictions in their design. Most PPI consider relatively few cases of social inequality, and as an additive rather than an intersectional consideration. Overall, the PPI consider social inequalities predominantly in the definition of the problem and, to a far lesser extent, in the proposed solutions and in the consultation and negotiation processes. The consideration of the intersectional nature of the problem of excess weight in PPI is important to address the unequal epidemic of excess weight.
Keywords
Overweight; Public policies; MexicoBibliographic citation
Tumas N, Vega C de la, Navarro MGZ, Cash-Gibson L, Carreño P, Pericàs JM, et al. Políticas públicas e intervenciones para prevenir el exceso de peso en México: análisis desde una perspectiva interseccional. Cien Saude Colet. 2024 Sep;29(9):e04142023.
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Professionals
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