Doctorado en Ciencias de la Nutrición Traslacional, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), Guadalajara 44320, Mexico.
Instituto Traslacional de Nutrigenética y Nutrigenómica, CUCS, UdeG, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.
Nutrients. 2021 Sep 28;13(10):3426. doi: 10.3390/nu13103426.
Household food insecurity (FI) remains a major public health challenge worldwide. Data about perceived FI and its risk factors in Mexican university students are lacking. We aimed to assess FI's prevalence and factors affecting it among university students' households in Mexico. This cross-sectional analysis involved 7671 university students' households using the 2018 Mexican National of Household Income and Expenditure Survey data. Variables analyzed included sociodemographic characteristics, and the 12-item validated Mexican Scale for Food Security (). Multivariable logistic regression modelling was performed to identify FI risk factors. The overall household FI prevalence was 30.8%. According to FI severity, prevalence rates were 16.3% for mild-FI, 8.8% for moderate-FI, and 5.7% for severe-FI. Low socioeconomic status (OR = 2.72; 95%CI: 2.09-3.54), low education level of household's head (OR = 2.36; 95%CI: 1.90-2.94), self-ascription to an indigenous group (OR = 1.59; 95%CI: 1.41-1.79), attending public university (OR = 1.27; 95%CI: 1.13-1.43), female-headed household (OR = 1.26; 95%CI: 1.13-1.40), having worked recently (OR = 1.19; 95%CI: 1.07-1.33), and being in second year of studies (OR = 1.17; 95%CI: 1.03-1.33), were significantly related to FI. Our results confirm that FI is highly prevalent among Mexican university students' households and that sociodemographic factors are essential in addressing this concern. Findings highlight the need for preventive programs and policies to alleviate FI.
家庭食物不安全（FI）仍然是全球主要的公共卫生挑战。关于墨西哥大学生感知到的 FI 及其危险因素的数据尚缺乏。我们旨在评估墨西哥大学生家庭中 FI 的流行情况及其影响因素。本横断面分析使用 2018 年墨西哥国家家庭收入和支出调查数据，涉及 7671 个大学生家庭。分析的变量包括社会人口统计学特征和经过验证的 12 项墨西哥食物安全量表（）。采用多变量逻辑回归模型确定 FI 的危险因素。家庭总体 FI 流行率为 30.8%。根据 FI 的严重程度，轻度 FI 的流行率为 16.3%，中度 FI 的流行率为 8.8%，重度 FI 的流行率为 5.7%。低社会经济地位（OR=2.72；95%CI：2.09-3.54）、家庭户主教育程度低（OR=2.36；95%CI：1.90-2.94）、自认为是土著群体（OR=1.59；95%CI：1.41-1.79）、就读公立大学（OR=1.27；95%CI：1.13-1.43）、女性户主家庭（OR=1.26；95%CI：1.13-1.40）、最近工作（OR=1.19；95%CI：1.07-1.33）和处于第二年学习（OR=1.17；95%CI：1.03-1.33）与 FI 显著相关。我们的研究结果证实，FI 在墨西哥大学生家庭中非常普遍，社会人口学因素在解决这一问题方面至关重要。研究结果强调了制定预防计划和政策以减轻 FI 的必要性。
