OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of social food assistance programs in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Information about 36 150 households from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT 2012) was included. The distribution of the social assistance food programs by characteristics as rural/urban locality, country region, ethnicity, socioeconomic level and nutritional status was observed. RESULTS: At the national level, food assistance programs with the greater coverage are Oportunidades (reaching 18.8% of the population), Liconsa (milk distribution, 9.7%) and School Breakfasts (12.2%). The program that assists in the best way the target population is Oportunidades, where 75% of its beneficiaries belong to the "low" and "lower" socioeconomic levels, in contrast to Liconsa and School Breakfasts programs, where only 42% and 55% of the beneficiaries are in such levels, respectively. CONCLUSION: Current focus and application of the food assistance programs must be adjusted under the perspective of wellness, health and nutrition of the children population.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of social food assistance programs in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Information about 36 150 households from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT 2012) was included. The distribution of the social assistance food programs by characteristics as rural/urban locality, country region, ethnicity, socioeconomic level and nutritional status was observed. RESULTS: At the national level, food assistance programs with the greater coverage are Oportunidades (reaching 18.8% of the population), Liconsa (milk distribution, 9.7%) and School Breakfasts (12.2%). The program that assists in the best way the target population is Oportunidades, where 75% of its beneficiaries belong to the "low" and "lower" socioeconomic levels, in contrast to Liconsa and School Breakfasts programs, where only 42% and 55% of the beneficiaries are in such levels, respectively. CONCLUSION: Current focus and application of the food assistance programs must be adjusted under the perspective of wellness, health and nutrition of the children population.
Authors: Ana Cecília Guimarães Alves; Natalie Mary Sukow; Gabriel Adelman Cipolla; Marla Mendes; Thiago P Leal; Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler; Ricardo Lehtonen Rodrigues Souza; Ilíada Rainha de Souza; Cesar Sanchez; Meddly Santolalla; Douglas Loesch; Michael Dean; Moara Machado; Jee-Young Moon; Robert Kaplan; Kari E North; Scott Weiss; Mauricio L Barreto; M Fernanda Lima-Costa; Heinner Guio; Omar Cáceres; Carlos Padilla; Eduardo Tarazona-Santos; Ignacio F Mata; Elena Dieguez; Víctor Raggio; Andres Lescano; Vitor Tumas; Vanderci Borges; Henrique B Ferraz; Carlos R Rieder; Artur Schumacher-Schuh; Bruno L Santos-Lobato; Pedro Chana-Cuevas; William Fernandez; Gonzalo Arboleda; Humberto Arboleda; Carlos E Arboleda-Bustos; Timothy D O'Connor; Marcia Holsbach Beltrame; Victor Borda Journal: Front Genet Date: 2021-09-22 Impact factor: 4.599
Authors: Lynnette M Neufeld; Rogelio Grados; Alejandría Villa de la Vega; Concepción Steta; Ferdinando Regalia; Juan A Rivera-Dommarco Journal: J Nutr Date: 2019-12-01 Impact factor: 4.687