Food groups consumption and sociodemographic characteristics in Mexican population

Objective. To estimate the recommendable and non-recommendable food groups for usual consumption by sociodemographic characteristics in Mexican population. Materials and methods. Through a 7-day, semi-quan­titative food frequency questionnaire used in 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey, we estimated the proportions of population (preschool and school children, adolescents and adults) who consumed food groups that are relevant for public health by area, region and socioeconomic status (SES). Results. Less than 50% of population consumed vegetables daily; almost 80% of the population consumed plain water daily and sweetened beverages (3 d/week). Center and Mexico City regions had the highest percent­age of fruits and vegetables consumers (p<0.012). High SES had the highest consumer´s percentage of recommendable and non-recommendable food groups. Conclusions. A high percentage of the population do not consume fruits, vegetables and plain water daily

Consumo de alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe

El cambio en el patr&oacute;n alimentario en los pa&iacute;ses de Am&eacute;rica latina y en los estilos de vida de la poblaci&oacute;n, se han visto afectados durante las &uacute;ltimas d&eacute;cadas debido a los procesos de globalizaci&oacute;n y por el urbanismo. Seg&uacute;n datos del 2009 de FAOSTAT, muestran que en 29 pa&iacute;ses de Am&eacute;rica Latina y el Caribe (Suriname carece de informaci&oacute;n), el trigo, el arroz, el ma&iacute;z y el az&uacute;car sin refinar son los productos b&aacute;sicos de mayor disponibilidad. El suministro per c&aacute;pita en todos los pa&iacute;ses de la regi&oacute;n de energ&iacute;a total, muestra que existe un mayor suministro de kilocalor&iacute;as provenientes de productos de origen vegetal que de productos de origen animal; pa&iacute;ses como Barbados, Brasil, Cuba, Dominicana, M&eacute;xico y Venezuela tienen un suministro de kilocalor&iacute;as per c&aacute;pita mayor o igual a las 3000 kilocalor&iacute;as al d&iacute;a. Hait&iacute; es el &uacute;nico pa&iacute;s con un suministro menor a 2000 kilocalor&iacute;as/d&iacute;a.El suministro de prote&iacute;na per c&aacute;pita en total muestra que Antigua y Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brasil, Chile, Cuba, Dominica, M&eacute;xico y Venezuela tienen un suministro per c&aacute;pita de prote&iacute;na mayor a los 80 gramos al d&iacute;a, mientras que Ecuador, Hait&iacute;, Rep&uacute;blica Dominicana y Suriname tienen un suministro menor a los 60 g/d. El suministro de grasa per c&aacute;pita en total, muestra que Argentina, Brasil y Barbados superan el suministro de 100 gramos de grasa al d&iacute;a per c&aacute;pita, en contraste a Per&uacute; y Hait&iacute; que presentan el suministro m&aacute;s bajo rebasando apenas los 40 g/d.Feeding and lifestyle patterns in Latin America have being affected during the last decades due to globalization and urbanization processes. According to FAOSTAT data from 2009, 29 Latin America and Caribbean countries (Surinam has no data) wheat, rice, corn and unrefined sugar are the basic products with greater availability. Per-capita energy availability in all the region countries shows that a higher amount of kilocalories comes from vegetal products than those of animal ones; countries like Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Venezuela have daily Per-capita energy availability above 3000 kcal. Haiti is the only country with under the 2000 kcal/day. Protein availability per-capita shows ciphers above 80g/day for Antigua &amp; Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Dominica, Mexico and Venezuela , whereas countries like Ecuador, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Suriname are under 60g/day.Fat per-capita availability shows that Argentina, Brazil and Barbados are above 100g/day in contrast with Peru and Haiti both with the lowest availability barely above 40g/day

Methodology for estimating dietary data from the semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire of the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012

Objective. To describe the methodology used to clean up and estimate dietary intake (DI) data from the Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SFFQ) of the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012. Materials and methods. DI was collected through a shortterm SFFQ regarding 140 foods (from October 2011 to May 2012). Energy and nutrient intake was calculated accordingto a nutrient database constructed specifically for the SFFQ. Results. A total of 133 nutrients including energy and fiber were generated from SFFQ data. Between 4.8 and 9.6% of the survey sample was excluded as a result of the cleaning process. Valid DI data were obtained regarding energy and nutrients consumed by 1 212 pre-school children, 1 323 school children, 1 961 adolescents, 2 027 adults and 526 older adults. Conclusions. We documented the methodology used to clean up and estimate DI from the SFFQ used in national dietary assessments in Mexico