Household food insecurity and its association with anaemia in Mexican children: National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012

• Published in: International journal of public health Vol. 64; no. 8; pp. 1215 - 1222
• Main Authors: Palacios-Rodríguez, Guiuly Oddet, Mundo-Rosas, Verónica, Parra-Cabrera, Socorro, García-Guerra, Armando, Galindo-Gómez, Carlos, Méndez Gómez-Humarán, Ignacio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Anemia - epidemiology; Child, Preschool; Environmental Health; Female; Food Supply - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mexico - epidemiology; Nutrition Surveys; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Original Article; Prevalence; Public Health; Mexico; Mexico; Anaemia; Preschool children; Nutrition survey; Food supply; Food security

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...