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. 2018 Nov 6;9:1569. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01569

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Estimates of obesity in women of childbearing age in Latin-America. Percentage of obesity (BMI ≥ 30 Kg/m²) in women between 18 and 45 years old. BOL, BRA, COL, ECU, ESV, GUA, HAI, HON, MEX, NIC, PER, and GUY obesity prevalence obtained from National Health Surveys and compilated in (Correa and Marcinkevage, 2013). VEN prevalence obtained from Instituto Nacional de Nutrición (2008–2010). CHI obesity prevalence obtained from Encuesta Nacional de Salud (ENS-2009) and reviewed in (Araya et al., 2014). PAN obesity prevalence obtained from cross-sectional studies (2010–2011) (Mc Donald et al., 2015). ARG obesity prevalence obtained from Encuesta Nacional de Nutrición y Salud (ENNyS-2007). PR obesity prevalence obtained from self-reported, prospective longitudinal cohort study (2011–2014) (Guilloty et al., 2015). SPA and POR obesity prevalence obtained from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS 2014).