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Consumption of added sugars negatively affects schoolchildren's health, making it essential to promote strategies designed to reduce their intake through educational interventions. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a nutritional education intervention, INCAI, on the consumption of added sugars among schoolchildren in southeastern Mexico. A...
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Several external and internal factors can affect the performance and variability of Hemoglobin concentration [Hb] measurements using HemoCue, and documentation on the contribution of different sources of [Hb] variation is limited. We used an experimental repeated measurements design with nine randomly selected participants, three HemoCue devices, a...
Objective. To analyze the association between gestational weight gain in women with gestational diabetes and an increased risk of macrosomia. Materials and methods. Cohort study with 139 pregnant women screened by a single-step oral glucose tolerance curve between 24-28 weeks of gestation were confirmed with gestational diabetes and sent to a hospi...
Objetivo. Analizar las tendencias y distribución de la mala nutrición en menores de cinco años en México de 1988 a 2023 y discutir las posibles causas. Material y métodos. Se analizó información sobre estado de nutrición y características sociodemográficas de 5 987 menores de cinco años de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2020, 2021, 2022...
Objetivo. Describir la magnitud del sobrepeso y obesidad (SP+OB) en población mexicana de 5-19 años y su asociación con el consumo de frutas y verduras (F+V) y azúcares añadidos. Material y métodos. Se estimó la prevalencia de SP+OB en una muestra de 15 109 escolares y adolescentes participantes en la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (Ensanut...
Objetivo. Describir la prevalencia de anemia en población infantil y mujeres de 12-49 años de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (Ensanut) Continua 2022 y 2023 y otorgar recomendaciones para tomadores de decisiones. Material y métodos. Se obtuvo sangre venosa para medir la concentración de hemoglobina in situ utilizando el Hemocue 201+ en 61...
This was a retrospective study that aimed to provide a first estimate of the prevalence of developmental language disorder (DLD) in Mexico, where there is currently a lack of epidemiological data on this disorder. Children aged 4;0 to 6;11 years in the cities of Mexico, Queretaro, and Monterrey were classified into two groups: those with DLD (N = 4...
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Work–Family Integration (WFI) is the decision-making process that enables an individual to effectively balance work, family, and personal responsibilities, generating a level of personal satisfaction aligned with the management of these demands. This research aims to explore the potential links between personal competencies facilitating work and fa...
Introduction:
risk factors associated with obesity such as poor dietary quality, low physical activity (PA), screen time (ST), and poor sleep duration (SD) were affected during confinement resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Objective:
the aim of our study was to evaluate the association between PA, ST and SD with the consumption of non-reco...
Objective. To validate hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in venous blood (VB) using the HemoCue 201+ in a subsample of children and women from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2022. Materials and methods. Prior to field work 50 HemoCue 201+ devices were verified using venous blood. During the field work 57 children (aged 1-11) and 62 wo...
Objetivo. Analizar la asociación de la contribución de los azúcares con sobrepeso y obesidad (Sp+Ob) en población escolar y adolescente. Material y métodos. En una muestra de 2 844 escolares y adolescentes de 5 a 19 años se determinó el estado de Sp+Ob según los patrones de crecimiento de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, así como el consumo de...
Objetivo. Analizar la asociación entre la inseguridad del agua (IA) y la presencia de sintomatología depresiva (SD) en población mexicana de 20 años o más. Material y métodos. Se analizó información de 11 806 adultos participantes en la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2022 (Ensanut 2022). La IA se evaluó con la escala de las experiencias de...
Introduction:
Mexico is a country with a high prevalence of overweight and obesity. However, social feeding programs often target only undernutrition in vulnerable population groups.
Objective:
to estimate the association of overweight and obesity (OW) with participation in a conditional cash transfers (CCT) program and other social feeding prog...
Objetivo. Describir la asociación entre inseguridad alimentaria (IA) con mala nutrición en mujeres adultas habitantes de zonas rurales de México en 2018 y 2020. Material y métodos. Datos de mujeres rurales recabados por la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición de 2018 y 2020 (Ensanut 2018-2020). Se obtuvieron medidas de peso y talla y se calculó e...
Background:
Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is one of the anthropometric measures associated with cardiovascular risk (CVR). However, WHtR cut-off points may vary depending according to population characteristics, including sex and height.
Objective:
To identify optimal WHtR cut-off points to predict CVR factors by sex in Mexican adults according t...
Objetivo. Describir las características sociodemográficas de la población mexicana, y el acceso a los programas sociales alimentarios de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición Continua 2022 (Ensanut Continua 2022). Material y métodos. Se presenta la información descriptiva de las características sociodemográficas y de programas sociales de 10 46...
Objetivo. Describir la prevalencia actualizada de sobrepeso y obesidad en escolares y adolescentes mexicanos con datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición Continua (Ensanut Continua) en el periodo de 2020-2022. Material y métodos. Este análisis incluyó una muestra de 6 950 escolares y 5 421 adolescentes participantes de la Ensanut Continua...
Objetivo. Identificar la viabilidad de la Escala de Experiencias de Inseguridad del Agua en el Hogar (Household Water Insecurity Experiences Scale, HWISE, por sus siglas en inglés) como herramienta para evaluar las experiencias de hogares mexicanos en relación con la inseguridad en el acceso al agua. Material y métodos. La escala fue integrada en l...
Objective. To compare the prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency, at state level in non-pregnant women between 20 and 49 years of age from the Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (Ensanut, in Spanish) 2006, 2012 and 2018-19. Materials and methods. The Ensanut 2006, 2012 and 2018-19 have a probabilistic design. Hb in capillary blood was measure...
Introduction:
Immunosuppressive treatments have improved graft and patient survival rates, but can increase the incidence of post-transplant infections.
Objectives:
To analyze data from kidney transplant patients and describe the pathogens responsible for the infections they experience.
Methods:
Longitudinal, analytical, observational study of...
Population-based surveys matched by time but using different methodologies for determining hemoglobin (Hb) concentration have shown inconsistencies in estimating anemia prevalence. This study aimed to estimate measurement errors in Hb quantification in HemoCue 201+ using venous blood (VB) and capillary blood both drops (DCB) and pools (PCB), and co...
Background
Overweight and obesity in school-age children, in Mexico as in other countries around the world, is a rapidly increasing public health problem within recent years, with important consequences for the future health of the population. Various national strategies at the individual and community level have been established to prevent these c...
Supplementation in malnourished pregnant women should not displace natural healthy foods.
Objective:
To estimate the differential effects of three nutritional supplements on macro- and micronutrient intake of pregnant women beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer program Prospera (CCT-POP).
Methods:
Prospective cluster randomized trial....
Background: Population-based surveys matched by time and in the same country, but which use different methodologies for determining hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, have shown inconsistencies in estimating anemia prevalence. This study aims to estimate measurement errors in Hb using the HemoCue 201+ in capillary blood, both in drops and pooled, compa...
While there is growing awareness of the issue of food losses at the political level, official post-harvest loss data for informing policymaking and reporting on SDG Indicator 12.3.1. (a) Food Loss Index is scarce. Representative sample-based surveys are necessary to obtain information on on-farm losses at the country level, but due to the issue’s c...
Background: Population-level health and nutrition surveys provide critical anthropometric data used to monitor trends of the prevalence of under nutrition and overweight in children under 5 years old, and overweight and obesity in the population over 5 years of age.
Objective: Analyze the children malnutrition and overweight and obesity in children...
Objetivo:
Analizar la asociación entre la presencia de anticuerpos contra SARS-CoV-2, con la inseguridad alimentaria (IA) y otras características del hogar, en una muestra nacional de hogares mexicanos.
Material y métodos:
Se obtuvo información a nivel de hogar en una muestra nacional representativa sobre seguridad alimentaria (SA), factores socio...
Objective
To estimate the effects of the social program PROSPERA on food insecurity in Mexican households in 2012 and 2016.
Design
Quasi-experimental study using cross-sectional data from the 2012 and 2016 National Household Income and Expenditure Survey - Socioeconomic Conditions Module (in Spanish, ENIGH-MCS).
Setting
Data were used from a 2012...
Background
The consumption of sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSBs) is a risk factor for obesity. In Mexico, SSBs are widely available and consumed daily by adolescents.
Objectives
The purpose of this study was to estimate the indirect association between store density (including grocery, convenience, non‐alcoholic beverage stores and supermarkets) and...
Objetivos. Actualizar la prevalencia de desnutrición y sus tendencias en los últimos 30 años e identificar factores asociados con la baja talla en una muestra representativa nacional de niños <5 años en México. Material y méto-dos. Se estimaron prevalencias de desnutrición en <5 años en 2018-19 y se compararon con prevalencias de los últimos 30 año...
Objetivo:
Evaluar los factores asociados con el cambio en la inseguridad alimentaria (IA) con las Encuestas Nacionales de Salud y Nutrición (Ensanut) 2012 y 2018-19.
Material y métodos:
Se obtuvo información de la Escala Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria en ambas encuestas. Mediante modelos de regresión logística ordinal se evalu...
Objective:
To describe trends in zinc deficiency (ZD) prevalence among preschool-age Mexican children, and explore differences in this trend among beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer program Progresa/Oportunidades/ Prospera (CCT-POP).
Materials and methods:
The serum zinc information of children aged 1-4 who participa-ted in the ENN 1...
Objective:
To compare the prevalence of women 20-49 years of age with iron deficiency anemia (IDA), iron deficiency with no anemia (IDNA), and non-ID anemia (NIDA) in com-parison during 2006, 2012 and 2018, and their association with sociodemographic characteristics and nutritional status.
Materials and methods:
Ensanut 2006, 2012 and 2018- 19 a...
Objective. To quantify changes in overweight and obesity and determine their association with sociodemographic characteristics in Mexican schoolchildren from public schools between 2015 and 2018. Materials and methods. Crosssectional comparative study. The data of children between 6 an 12 years old was obtained from the National Register of Weight...
Objetivo:
Describir prácticas de consumo de bebidas y uso de bebederos escolares en estudiantes de secundarias del Programa Nacional de Bebederos Escolares (PNBE).
Material y métodos:
Estudio transversal descriptivo, con enfoque mixto en secundarias públicas (turnos matutino y vespertino). Se indagó el consumo de agua y bebidas azucaradas, utiliza...
Objective:
To estimate the obesity prevalence among school-age children in Mexico and define possible risk-associated factors.
Materials and methods:
Data from National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut 2018-19) was used. Information from 6 268 school-age children and 5 670 teenagers was obtained. Logistic regression models were esti-mated in...
Objetivo. Evaluar la asociación de un patrón de dieta
sostenible con sobrepeso y obesidad en adultos mexicanos.
Material y métodos. En 11 506 adultos de la Ensanut
2018-19, con información de índice de masa corporal y del
cuestionario de frecuencia de consumo de alimentos, se estimó
el puntaje de un índice de dieta saludable y sostenible
(IDSS) cla...
Objective:
To study the behavior of anemia in 2006, 2012 and 2018-19, its severity and associated factors in Mexican women between 20 and 49 years of age.
Materials and methods:
The Ensanut 2006, 2012 and 2018-19 has a methodological design that allows comparisons between them. Capillary hemoglobin (Hb) classified anemia with Hb values <12dL. Pr...
Objetivo. Caracterizar el grado de vulnerabilidad, el conocimiento de medidas de contención y síntomas de la enfermedad de COVID-19, su movilidad y confinamiento en una muestra nacional de adultos mexicanos. Material y métodos. Se obtuvo información de 1073 adultos (≥20 Años) a nivel nacional por encuesta telefónica (ENSARS-CoV2). Por análisis de c...
Objectives
To document the behavior of overweight and obesity among school-age population, that attends to public elementary schools through four consecutive school years.
Methods
An epidemiological, descriptive study, that consisted on four transversal yearly and consecutive stages from August 2015 to December 2018. Applied a Generalized Ordinal...
Objective:
To evaluate the consumption of cold school breakfast (CSB) and its association with weight gain in the preschool and school beneficiary population in San Luis Potosí.
Materials and methods:
A longitudinal study was conducted on 255 girls and boys from 3 to 8 years old. The weight gain was measured during one year and the total energy...
Objetivo. Analizar factores de riesgo asociados con sobrepeso y obesidad (SP+O) en adolescentes mexicanas (12 a 19 años). Material y métodos. Análisis secundario de 1 072 adolescentes de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición de Medio Camino 2016. Mediante modelos de regresión logística ordinal se estimó la asociación entre SP+O y tiempo frente...
Objetivo:
Describir el diseño metodológico de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición en localidades con menos de 100 000 habitantes (Ensanut 100k).
Material y métodos:
La Ensanut 100k es una encuesta probabilística que sobrerrepresenta a los hogares con menos capacidades económicas. Se describe el alcance de la encuesta, los procedimientos de m...
Objectives: To assess the association between household food insecurity (FI) and the presence of anaemia among Mexican children who were between 12 and 59 months old, and to determine whether this association differs by geographical regions.
Methods: We analysed 7468 children of ages between 12 and 59 months, based on data from the 2012 National He...
Mexico has one of the highest overweight and obesity rates in the world. Our objective is to describe the tendency of overweight and obesity by sex, health service affiliation, and socioeconomic tertile (T1,2,3), and to give examples of public policies derived from the results of the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Surveys (ENSANUT). Data com...
Little evidence exists regarding the association between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and cardiovascular risk (CVR) factors in Mexican adults. Our study pursued a twofold objective: To describe the association between a high WHtR and CVR indicators among Mexican adults canvassed by the 2016 Half-Way National Health and Nutrition Survey, and to exam...
Objectives:
To analyze the association between dependency in activities of daily living (DADL) among Mexican older adults and the presence of household food insecurity.
Methods:
Data on 6674 Mexican adults aged ≥60 years and their households were drawn from the 2012 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT). DADL dependency, measure...
In a yard storage area, pre-marshaling means relocating the export containers into a proper arrangement in order to increase the efficiency of the load process. The container pre-marshaling process aims to identify the best sequence of movements of container movements on an initial layout of the yard storage area, so that it reaches a desired final...
Social Determination of Health (SDH)/Collective Health is a Latin American framework that sees the Marxist core concept of social class as fundamental for understanding health inequalities. In contrast to social stratification approaches, Marxist proposals seek to understand health as part of the historical transformations of capitalism’s mode of p...
Background
The National Crusade Against Hunger (CNCH by its Spanish initials) is a strategy developed by the Mexican government to combat the causes of extreme poverty and food insecurity through social programs.
Objective
To evaluate the impact of CNCH on dietary diversity in women of reproductive age.
Material and methods
Our study sample consi...
Background
Household Food Insecurity (HFI) has been associated with overweight mothers and underweight children living in the same households. Adult obesity has been linked to both obesity and undernutrition in children.
Objective
to examine the association between HFI and child stunting risk and to determine if maternal‐child overweight/obesity m...
The National Crusade against Hunger (CNCH by its initials in Spanish) is a social inclusion and wellbeing strategy aimed at combating poverty, social marginalization and malnutrition in Mexico. The CNCH intervention was launched in Mexico during the current presidential term (2013 – 2018).
Objective
To assess the impact exerted by CNCH food assist...
Objective
To update national statistics for overweight and obesity prevalence among the school‐age and adolescent population in Mexico with the results of the Half‐Way National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT MC by its initials in Spanish), 2016.
Methods
ENSANUT MC is a national survey based on a multistage, stratified design. It is represent...
Objective:
To describe the anemia prevalence among women from 20 to 49 years from 2016-Halfway National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut MC 2016) and compare the trends in 2006, 2012 and 2016 surveys, as well as its association with dietary iron and sociodemographic factors.
Materials and methods:
The methodological design of Ensanut MC is f...
Objective:
To evaluate the knowledge and comprehension level of the Chécate, Mídete, Muévete campaign and its associ¬ated characteristics in Mexican adult population.
Materials and methods:
Based on the Mexican Halfway National Health and Nutrition Survey 2016, we obtained information about the knowledge and comprehension of the logo and message...
Objective:
To study the magnitude, distribution and trends of undernutrition and overweight in Mexican children un¬der five years between 1988 and 2016.
Materials and methods:
Underweight, wasting, stunting and overweight prevalences were calculated, at national, regional and rural/ urban locality levels in children under five years from the 198...
Introducción:
la diversidad alimentaria es una aproximación de la calidad de la dieta. En México, el Programa de Apoyo Alimentario (PAL) otorga apoyos en efectivo (PAL EFECTIVO) o a través de transferencias monetarias en una tarjeta destinada exclusivamente para la compra de alimentos (PAL SIN-HAMBRE) a familias en situación de pobreza alimentaria,...
Introduction:
food diversity is an approximation of diet quality. In Mexico, the Food Support Program (PAL, by its acronym in Spanish) grants support to families facing food poverty, in form of cash (PAL EFECTIVO) or through monetary transfers on a card intended exclusively for the purchase of food (PAL SIN-HAMBRE), seeking to improve their food d...
Objetivo. Evaluar el efecto del programa de servicios SaludArte en sus componentes de educación en nutrición y de asistencia alimentaria, dentro de escuelas participantes, durante 2013-2015. Material y métodos. Se realizó un estudio comparativo de tres cohortes que consideró 1 620 escolares de 144 primarias. Se construyeron dos paneles: de tiempo c...
Objective
To examine the association between household food insecurity (HFI) and risk of childhood stunting and to determine whether this association is modified by maternal–child overweight/obesity.
Design
Observational cross-sectional study.
Setting
Data come from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT 2012 by its initials in...
Nutrition & Diabetes is a peer-reviewed, open access online journal publishing clinical, metabolic, genetic and epidemiological studies that describe methodologies, mechanisms, and associations in relation to diabetes and nutrition-related diseases
Objetivo:
Describir el diseño metodológico de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición de Medio Camino (Ensanut-MC) 2016.
Material y métodos:
La Ensanut-MC es una encuesta probabilística nacional cuya población objetivo son los habitantes de viviendas particulares en México. El tamaño de muestra se determinó para poder hacer inferencias sobre las...
Background/Objective
The objective of the study was to provide current estimates of the prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity (OW+OB) in Mexican children and adolescents.
Subjects/Methods
Body mass index objectively measured was analyzed for 37 147 children and adolescents aged 0–19 years obtained in 2012 as part of the National Health a...
Objective
To evaluate the accuracy and precision of HemoCue 201 (HemoCue) and Masimo Pronto 7 (Masimo) devices for measuring hemoglobin (Hb) in epidemiological studies, having venous blood samples as a gold standard.
Material and methods
We measured Hb concentrations in a field sample of 148 children from one to five years of age. Masimo and HemoC...
Seventy percent of Mexican households experience some level of food insecurity (FI). Studies have shown positive associations between FI and poor dietary quality. As far as it is known, this is the first time the Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) has been used to assess dietary quality of children and adolescents in Mexico, and to examine if FI is re...
Anaemia in children is a public health concern in Mexico; Federal food assistance programmes are being implemented to prevent it. We undertook this research to investigate the indirect association between food assistance programmes (FAP) and anaemia through dietary and socio-economic conditions of beneficiary children. A structural equation model (...
Introducción: la anemia es un factor de riesgo en la población infantil con consecuencias graves para su crecimiento y desarrollo. Los programas de ayuda alimentaria pueden contribuir a su prevención y control. Objetivo: estudiar la adherencia al consumo de suplementos y su relación con la prevalencia de anemia en niños menores de tres años de edad...
Objective
To evaluate the effect of three food assistance programs (FAP) on dietary diversity (DD) in preschool children of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Methods
A comparative longitudinal study was developed since February 2014 to July 2015 using a sample of 867 children beneficiaries of three FAP (Prospera, Rescue from Malnutrition with Amaranth (RMA...
The “Cruzada Nacional Contra el Hambre (CNCH)” is a strategy of inclusion and social welfare that aims to combat poverty, malnutrition and social marginalization in Mexico. CNCH is implemented in this presidential period (2012–2018).
Objective
To study the impact of the CNCH over the preschool children stunting.
Methods
A comparative study during...
Objective
Assessing the impact in nutritional status on Prospera program beneficiaries versus non‐beneficiaries, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Fourteen months after its implementation.
Methods
A comparative study was done in two follow‐ups with a panel data. The target population was integrated by Prospera beneficiaries (n=390) and a control group (...
Objective
To assess the “PROSPERA” program impact over hemoglobin concentrations in a 14‐month follow‐up panel of children less than five years old.
Methods
A follow up was realized in 400 and 325 children from 1 to 3 years old beneficiaries of PROSPERA program and controls respectively. For hemoglobin measurement a capillary blood sample was obta...
Objective:
To determine the association between breastfeeding practices, diet and physical activity and maternal postpartum weight.
Methods:
This was a secondary data analysis of a randomized community trial on beneficiaries of the Programa de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades, recently renamed Prospera (n = 314 pregnant women), without any diseas...
Objective
To investigate the indirect association of food assistance programs with anemia in children beneficiaries.
Methods
Based on an Impact evaluation study of Food Assistance Programs (FAP) in San Luis Potosi, México we generated an Structural Equation Model to study the effect of FAP on anthropometric conditions and anemia of 1366 households...
Objective
To estimate the contribution to dietary intake of Prospera (former Oportunidades) supplements in children and the association with socioeconomic status (SES).
Methods: Within the study of “Impact evaluation of food assistance programs in San Luis Potosi, Mexico” we obtained information from 398 children (< 3y old) beneficiaries of Prosper...
Objective
To establish the association between overweight and obesity and to be beneficiary of the School Breakfasts Program (PDE) in school age children from San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Materials and methods: information from 403 children was analyzed, 303 belonging to PDE and 100 from control group. Body Mass Index (BMI) z‐score was obtained as well...
Objective
Estimate adjusted prevalence of food assistance in households with beneficiary infants from food assistance programs and its association with nutritional status.
Methods: Comparative study to assessing the impact from three different food assistance programs: Prospera program (before Oportunidades); Rescue to malnutrition with amaranth (R...
Objective
To investigate the association of household food insecurity in children with anemia beneficiaries of food assistance programs.
Methods: Within the Study of Impact evaluation of Food assistance Programs (FAP) in San Luis Potosi, México we obtained information from 1366 households with children (<5y) beneficiaries of one out of the three FA...
Background:
Anemia is a major cause of maternal mortality. Household food insecurity (HFI) may increase the risk of anemia among women of reproductive age although this hypothesis remains largely untested in representative samples from low- and middle-income countries.
Objective:
Our objective was to investigate the association of HFI with anemi...
A double‐blinded, group‐randomized trial was conducted in 12 milk distribution clusters. After a randomization device, 7 clusters were assigned to consume iron‐fortified an 5 non‐fortified milk. The objective of the research, is to assess the effectiveness of a large‐scale program that distributes subsidized iron‐fortified milk in Mexico on anemia...
Objective: To assess the association between the nutritional status of the mothers and the presence of food insecurity at home level with stunting prevalence in children under five years old in Mexico.
Methods: Data comes from the National Nutrition Survey 2012 in Mexico. We obtained information from 5154 binomials mother/children (< 5y old). We us...
Objective:
This study explored the intervention effect of the "Nutrition on the Go" strategy on the prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW+O), according to the role played by different patterns.
Materials and methods:
Pattern Groups (PG) were determined based on schools' food availability and other variables at individual level: nutrition know...
Objective:
To characterize the current consumption of fruits and vegetables based on the international recommendations, as well as its relationship to certain variables of interest in Mexican children aged 6 to 12 years.
Materials and methods:
Adherence to the international recommendations for the consumption of fruits and vegetables was estimat...
Objective:
To describe the variety of feeding in households with children under five years by level of food insecurity.
Materials and methods:
We analyzed data from the database of the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2008, using the Mexican Scale for Food Security and constructed variables for "per capita expenditure", "purchase...
Objective:
To describe the relation between malnutrition and food insecurity (FI) in preschool children from Mexico.
Material and methods:
Information of 10 513 preschool children and their families was analyzed. The FI was measured through the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA). Adjusted prevalence of FI and malnutrition w...
Objective:
To describe the sociodemographic and health characteristics associated with food insecurity (FI) in Mexican households.
Materials and methods:
The study included information about 40 809 households from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012. The Latin American and Caribbean Scale Food Safety (ELCSA) was used to categorize hous...
Objective:
To describe the association of food insecurity (FI) and obesity in adults in Mexico.
Materials and methods:
Cross-sectional design. We included adults' data from the health and nutrition national survey 2012 (Ensanut 2012). Measures of weight and height were obtained and BMI was calculated. The level of household food insecurity was m...
