Energy and nutrient intake among Mexican school-aged children, Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006.
OBJECTIVE
To estimate energy, nutrient intake and diet adequacy in school-aged children based on the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 (ENSANUT 2006).


METHODS
Food intake data from food frequency questionnaires was analyzed for 8 716 children aged 5 to 11 years. Energy and nutrients intake and adequacy were obtained. Comparisons were made at regional, urban/rural areas, socioeconomic status (SES) and nutrition status (body mass index and height/age).


RESULTS
Median energy intake was 1501 kcal/d (percent adequacy: 88.0). Overweight and obesity prevalence was 25.5%. Stunting prevalence was 10%. Children at lowest SES, indigenous and from rural communities showed the highest inadequacies for vitamin A, folate, zinc, and calcium. Overweight children and those highest SES had higher risk of excessive intakes.


CONCLUSIONS
Coexistence of over- and undernutrition reflects a polarized model of nutrition transition among Mexican children.
Flores
Mario
M
Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. mflores@correo.insp.mx
Macías
Nayeli
N
Rivera
Marta
M
Barquera
Simón
S
Hernández
Lucía
L
García-Guerra
Armando
A
Rivera
Juan A
JA
D002648:Child; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009749:Nutrition Surveys