Changes in energy expenditure and physical activity over 15 years of environmental changes: The Maycoba project
Authors' conclusion
Our results suggest that the recent industrialization of the Maycoba region in Sonora, Mexico, has contributed to a decrease in physical activity, in turn contributing to weight gain and metabolic disease among the Mexican Pima.
Study context
- Population
- Mexican Pima, Maycoba region, Sonora, Mexico, a population experiencing rapid industrialization12 female
- Participants
- 26 participants
- Exposure
- Mexican Pima in 1995 vs 2010
- 1995n = 26reference
- 2010n = 26
- Outcome
- Body composition, total energy expenditure and physical activity, 1995 vs 2010
- Follow-up
- 1995 to 2010
Methodological detailsdoubly labeled water, age- and sex-matched cross-sectional comparison cohort, Body mass and composition assessed by bioimpedance analysis, 1995 cohort compared with an age- and sex-matched cross-sectional cohort (n = 26) in 2010
- Doubly labeled water
- Age- and sex-matched cross-sectional comparison cohort
- Body mass and composition assessed by bioimpedance analysis
- 1995 cohort compared with an age- and sex-matched cross-sectional cohort (n = 26) in 2010
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Average increase in body weight
13%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Changes in energy expenditure and physical activity over 15 years of environmental changes: The Maycoba project. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 18 June 2024. doi:10.
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