Some of our data published in 2009: Height, Weight, BMI and Birthweight of the children and Mother's height and age at pregnancy

In 2006 Hugo collected data in the southern part of Merida, among a group of Maya. He assessed 206 children and their mothers. The basic anthropometric data of the children, mother's height and mother's age at pregnancy are as follow:

There are high levels of childhood stunting (chronic malnutrition) - 21.8%
There are high levels of childhood overweight - 33%
There are very high levels of maternal stunting - 70.9%

These findings classify the Maya in the Southern part of Merida as a group suffering from nutrition dual-burden (coexistence of chronic malnutrition and overweight/obesity.

For research purposes please cite:

Influence of maternal stature, pregnancy age, and infant birth weight on growth during childhood in Yucatan, Mexico: a test of the intergenerational effects hypothesis.

Varela-Silva MI, Azcorra H, Dickinson F, Bogin B, Frisancho AR.

Am J Hum Biol. 2009 Sep-Oct;21(5):657-63.PMID: 19214997 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]