Both male and female models had a good fit, indicating that BMI can be associated with body shape silhouettes. Silhouettes can be useful for defining overweight and obesity in settings such as schools or worksites, or where scales and stadiometers might not be available. They can also be used to provide health advice to the public.

Latino children experience higher rates of obesity than do non-Latino white children. Family-centered nutrition interventions can slow the rate of weight gain in this population. Niños Sanos, Familia Sana (Healthy Children, Healthy Family) is a 5-year, community-based, participatory research study that targets rural Mexican-origin farmworker families with children aged 2 to 8 years in California’s Central Valley. Adaptation of a culturally relevant obesity prevention program involved qualitative research to tailor key obesity prevention messages, pilot testing and implementation of key messages and activities at family nights, and continual modification to incorporate culturally innovative elements. Of the 238 families enrolled, 53% (125) attended the recommended minimum of 5 (of 10 possible) classes during the first year. A university and community partnership can guide development of a culturally tailored obesity prevention program that is suitable for reaching a high-risk Mexican-origin audience through cooperative extension and other public health programs.

Introduction Infection with M tuberculosis is a necessary but not sufficient condition for development of clinical Tuberculosis (TB). The reasons why some tuberculosis infections progress to clinical TB while most remain latent is not clear. A vegetarian diet has been implicated as a risk factor for tuberculosis among South-Asians in the UK. Methods To explore whether this is the case in India we analysed data from the nationally representative National Family Health Survey-3 (2006) which collected information on TB and diet, and tested for HIV-1. Tuberculosis was reported by heads of households.Results Vegetarianism was not a risk factor for tuberculosis among HIV-1 negative married men and women between 15 and 49 (women) or 54 (men) years [OR 0.66 (95% CI 0.49 to 0.89)] while poverty and a history of blood transfusions were. Individuals reporting TB were slightly older than those who did not (31.8 vs 29.4 in women, 39.3 vs 37.2 in men). Vegetarians were also slightly older than non-vegetarians (29.5 vs 29.4 in women, and 37.9 vs 37.0 in men). Except for 11 men and 11 women all individuals with TB were reported to have received treatment for their condition. Urban residence, poverty, higher age, and blood transfusion were positively associated with TB. Conclusion Vegetarianism appeared to be protective against TB, perhaps due to confounding by unmeasured life-style factors. As it seems unlikely that confounding has masked a strong positive association between vegetarianism and TB, we conclude that vegetarianism is not a risk factor for TB in India.