Food availability according to food security- insecurity among Mexican households.
Objective. To know the differences in food availability according to food insecurity level among the Mexican households. Materials and methods. We analyzed the database of the National Survey of Household’s Incomes and Expenditures (n=27 445 households). Households were classified according to the L...
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| author | Reyna Guadalupe Valencia-Valero Luis Ortiz-Hernández |
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| description | Objective. To know the differences in food availability according to food insecurity level among the Mexican households. Materials and methods. We analyzed the database of the National Survey of Household’s Incomes and Expenditures (n=27 445 households). Households were classified according to the Latin American and Caribbean Inventory of Food Security. The availability of each food group was estimated as grams per day per equivalent adult. Results. 50.0% of Mexican households experienced some degree of food insecurity. Among households with food insecurity there was high availability of corn, wheat, egg, and sugars; but there was low availability of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meat, poultry, seafood, milk, cheeses, and sweetened beverages. Conclusion. Although in households with food insecurity there is lower availability of most food groups (both with high nutrient density and with high energy density); they have higher availability of cheap foods, which in some cases are only source of energy but do not provide nutrients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d63e8f646ac34e27a62eaab8298694732022-12-21T18:26:38ZengInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaSalud Pública de México0036-36341606-79162014-03-0156215416410.21149/spm.v56i2.733115790Food availability according to food security- insecurity among Mexican households.Reyna Guadalupe Valencia-Valero0Luis Ortiz-Hernández1Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco. México.Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco. México.Objective. To know the differences in food availability according to food insecurity level among the Mexican households. Materials and methods. We analyzed the database of the National Survey of Household’s Incomes and Expenditures (n=27 445 households). Households were classified according to the Latin American and Caribbean Inventory of Food Security. The availability of each food group was estimated as grams per day per equivalent adult. Results. 50.0% of Mexican households experienced some degree of food insecurity. Among households with food insecurity there was high availability of corn, wheat, egg, and sugars; but there was low availability of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meat, poultry, seafood, milk, cheeses, and sweetened beverages. Conclusion. Although in households with food insecurity there is lower availability of most food groups (both with high nutrient density and with high energy density); they have higher availability of cheap foods, which in some cases are only source of energy but do not provide nutrients.http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7331seguridad alimentariaalmacenamiento de alimentosfactores socioeconómicosMéxico |
| spellingShingle | Reyna Guadalupe Valencia-Valero Luis Ortiz-Hernández Food availability according to food security- insecurity among Mexican households. Salud Pública de México seguridad alimentaria almacenamiento de alimentos factores socioeconómicos México |
| title | Food availability according to food security-
insecurity among Mexican households. |
| title_full | Food availability according to food security-
insecurity among Mexican households. |
| title_fullStr | Food availability according to food security-
insecurity among Mexican households. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food availability according to food security-
insecurity among Mexican households. |
| title_short | Food availability according to food security-
insecurity among Mexican households. |
| title_sort | food availability according to food security insecurity among mexican households |
| topic | seguridad alimentaria almacenamiento de alimentos factores socioeconómicos México |
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