| "Obesity (BMI>25), dyslipidemia, arterial hypertnesiona nd on-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, among other chronic diseases associated with diet and inadequate lifestyle are on the increase and affect the population at all socio-economic levels. Co-existing alongside nutritional imbalances and deficiences, they make for an overlapping epidemiological picture. This situation is also observed in schoolchildren: a 1995 study showed that 19% of the schoolchildren in Quito were obese and 22% had mized dyslipidemias." |