Municipal malnutrition in Mexican preschool children population and coverage of the Programa Nacional México Sin Hambre.

To estimate malnutrition prevalence of preschool children at the level of municipality in Mexico, describe prevalence heterogeneity and its relationship with the Programa Nacional México Sin Hambre´s coverage. Using the 2012 Mexican National Survey of Health and Nutrition, municipal income inequalit...

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Published in:Salud pública de México 2020-05, Vol.62 (3), p.279-287
Main Authors: Quezada-Sánchez, Amado D, García-Guerra, Armando, Galindo-Gómez, Carlos, García-Morales, Concepción, Molina-Vélez, Diana, Palacio-Mejía, Lina Sofía
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Child, Preschool
Cities - epidemiology
Female
Growth Disorders - epidemiology
Humans
Income
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Mexico - epidemiology
National Health Programs - statistics & numerical data
Nutrition Surveys
Nutritional Status
Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology
Prevalence
Thinness - epidemiology
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Summary:To estimate malnutrition prevalence of preschool children at the level of municipality in Mexico, describe prevalence heterogeneity and its relationship with the Programa Nacional México Sin Hambre´s coverage. Using the 2012 Mexican National Survey of Health and Nutrition, municipal income inequality and marginality, we applied a generalized normal model to obtain municipal distributions of nutrition status indicators from which we estimated malnutrition prevalence. Stunting prevalence ranged from 7.8% (95%CI: 5.9-8.9) to 64.2% (49.2-72.5), low weight prevalence ranged from 0.6% (0.005- 1.7) to 22.2% (13.5-34.9) and overweight-obesity prevalencem ranged from 2.6% (0.2-3.9) to 14.4% (11.9-27.7). A total of 275 out of 554 municipalities with stunting prevalence above 25% were covered by the Programa Nacional México Sin Hambre. Municipal malnutrition prevalence estimation showed wide differences within Mexico; this knowledge could assist public policy.
ISSN:1606-7916
DOI:10.21149/10605