Lessons learned and insights from the implementation of a food and physical activity policy to prevent obesity in Mexican schools: An analysis of nationally representative survey results

Florence L. Théodore; Jessica E. Moreno-Saracho; Anabelle Bonvecchio; María del Carmen Morales-Ruán; Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo; Nancy López-Olmedo; Teresa Shamah-Levy; Juan A. Rivera

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198585

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Lessons learned and insights from the implementation of a food and physical activity policy to prevent obesity in Mexican schools: An analysis of nationally representative survey results

Florence L. Théodore,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México
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Jessica E. Moreno-Saracho,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México
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Anabelle Bonvecchio ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bonvecchio@insp.mx

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2765-0818

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María del Carmen Morales-Ruán,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México
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Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México
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Nancy López-Olmedo,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México
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Teresa Shamah-Levy,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Evaluación y Encuestas, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México
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Juan A. Rivera

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, México
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Lessons learned and insights from the implementation of a food and physical activity policy to prevent obesity in Mexican schools: An analysis of nationally representative survey results

Florence L. Théodore,
Jessica E. Moreno-Saracho,
Anabelle Bonvecchio,
María del Carmen Morales-Ruán,
Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo,
Nancy López-Olmedo,
Teresa Shamah-Levy,
Juan A. Rivera

Published: June 26, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198585

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