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According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2010), Mexico holds the first place worldwide in overweight and second in obesity. The Programa Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte (2008) seek to raise the number of the country's physically active habitants to 35 million by 2012. The objective of this study is to determine the factors, and their dimension, that influence the decision of practicing physical activity among the residents of Mexico. Using data by the Encuesta Nacional Sobre Uso del Tiempo (2009), two econometric models were estimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the two border cities Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. Information on the economic level of both those cities, the ethnicity of the cities' residents, and statistics on the residents' social level is presented. Also included is information on healthcare in Brownsville, Texas as well as information on different help organizations, such as the Community Advisory Board (CAB), which monitors health risks of students due to severe obesity problems of young students in the city.