title: [Food insecurity and nutritional status of preschool children in Mexico].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the relation between malnutrition and food insecurity (FI) in preschool children from Mexico.
  
  
  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 with related variables were assessed by logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  31% of households had moderate and server FI. Rural and south, indigenous households, in the Q1 and Q2, showed the highest prevalence of moderate and severe FI as well. We observed a high tendency of malnutrition in the severe FI group; the prevalence of overweight was similar in the four groups of FI. Conclusions. The risk of chronic malnutrition is 42% bigger in children less than five years old with severe FI than in those that experienced food security.
authors: Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Lucía
authors: L
authors: Cuevas-Nasu
authors: Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Juan A
authors: JA
authors: Rivera-Dommarco
authors: Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Shamah-Levy
authors: Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Verónica
authors: V
authors: Mundo-Rosas
authors: Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas A.C., Aguascalientes, México.
authors: Ignacio
authors: I
authors: Méndez-Gómez Humarán
mesh_terms: D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data