Market Integration and Secular Changes in Anthropometric Characteristics in Two Maya Communities From Yucatan, Mexico
The rapid integration of the community into the market economy seems to favor larger secular increases in children's BMI and smaller increases in linear growth.
Authors
- Julio Lara‐Riegos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5642-8255)
- C. Marjorie Aelion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5459-0139)
- Nina Méndez‐Domínguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0230-0731)
- Hugo Azcorra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-9341)
- Thomas L. Leatherman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2476-6241)
- Juan Carlos Salazar‐Rendón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-556X)
- María Teresa Castillo‐Burguete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1858-2873)
- Valery Sarabia‐Herrera
Institutions
- Autonomous University of Yucatán (MX)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Universidad Modelo (MX)
- Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío (MX)
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Human Biology
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70100
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00