The diet of Mexicans: results of the ENSANUT 2012
In September of 2016, a supplement on dietary intake and eating habits of Mexicans was published in The Journal of Nutrition ; an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) 2012.
The supplement consists of 10 original articles, developed by a team of researchers from the INSP Nutrition and Health Research Center in collaboration with researchers from other institutions, such as the universities of Iowa, North Carolina and Yale. These articles characterize the diet of the Mexican population and, additionally, a review of dietary guidelines and physical activity in the context of overweight and obesity in Mexico is presented.
The results presented come from the analysis of the 24-hour multi-step reminder applied in a representative sample of the ENSANUT 2012. Among the most important findings are the high consumption of beverages other than breast milk in children under two years, highlighting the consumption of non-dairy sweetened beverages consumed by more than 35% of children between 6 and 11 months and by 64.5% of children between 12 and 23 months.In addition, high prevalences of inadequate consumption of fiber, vitamin A, folate were observed and iron among other micronutrients, as well as a high prevalence of consumption above the recommendations of simple sugars (58-85%) and saturated fats (54-92%) in the different age groups. On the other hand,
Some of the results described in the supplement were previously presented during the 16th Public Health Research Congress, held from March 3 to 6, 2015 at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP).
The articles of the supplement can be consulted with free access, below, as long as they are consulted from this page
Overview of the Dietary Intakes of the Mexican Population: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012.
Rivera JA, Pedraza LS, Aburto TC, Batis C, Sánchez-Pimienta TG, González de Cosío T, López-Olmedo N, Pedroza-Tobias TO,