One in 3 children is overweight obese adults: expert

One in three children are overweight or obese continues with this health problem in adulthood, which favors diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular problems and eating disorders specialist warned Aracely Garcia Hernandez. 

The director of the Family Medicine Unit No. 33 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Reynosa, urged parents and teachers not to offer foods with high sugar content to children as a reward or punishment. 

He mentioned that motivate children through candy, cookies, sodas or fried foods is to ingrain bad eating habits that prevail in adulthood and lead to a number of diseases. 

He said that it is estimated that one in three children with overweight, obese continues into adulthood. 

Concerned suicide rate in Valles("Every day we see many suicides in the city and throughout the region, young people, women, men, adults)

Worrying is the suicide rate in the city, and although the Municipal DIF has a prevention committee, missing more work, become more involved and not just wait for "possible cases reach them", said Councilman Angel Hernandez Cruz. 

Expressed his concern about the high rate of suicide, especially committed by young people, so it considered necessary the creation of committees in colonies, where participating municipal, educational authorities, journalists, Church, psychologists, etc., and do fieldwork. 

"Every day we see many suicides in the city and throughout the region, young people, women, men, adults, some for the terminally ill, but you have to pay attention to what happens to young people," he said. 

Killed four children and two adults in a shooting at a house in Texas

Four children and two adults were killed Wednesday and a seventh person is in "critical condition" after a shooting in the metropolitan area of ​​the city of Houston (Texas), police said Harris County where the event occurred. 

"The office of the Harris County Sheriff confirms death of two adults and four children in a shooting at a residence located at number 711 Leaflet Lane Spring", about 40 kilometers from the city of Houston, police said on a statement. 

More than half of Mexican adults do not exercise: INEGI

The lack of time, fatigue caused by work and health problems are the most common reasons that 57.6 percent of Mexicans age 18 and over living in urban areas do not participate in sports or exercise. 

The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reported that the total inactive population, the majority are women with 60.2 percent of the total, according to the results of Module Physical Exercise and Sports Practice (Mopradef) conducted in 32 cities the first days of May 2014.