title: [Magnitude of food insecurity in Mexico: its relationship with nutritional status and socioeconomic factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the distribution of food insecurity (FI) in Mexico, from the perspective of food access and consumption, and its relationship with diverse socioeconomic factors and nutritional status.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 (Ensanut 2012), National Income - Expense in Households Survey 2008 (ENIGH 2008), and from the National Council for Poverty Evaluation (Coneval) was gathered for this study. Food insecurity (FI) measurement was conducted by applying the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) and its relation with socioeconomic, dietetic, and nutritional variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Mexico one out of three households suffers food insecurity in moderate or severe degree. FI not only increases the malnutrition risk in children but also contributes to the great incidence of diabetes, overweight and obesity in adults, principally in women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To improve structural agents and factors that impact in FI in Mexico is imperative, due to the consequences that it has in the country's development.
authors: Centro de Investigaciones en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Shamah-Levy
authors: Centro de Investigaciones en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Verónica
authors: V
authors: Mundo-Rosas
authors: Centro de Investigaciones en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Juan A
authors: JA
authors: Rivera-Dommarco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors