[Food insecurity and nutritional status of preschool XXXX in Mexico].

@entity1 @entity3147 @entity6766
Objective. To describe the relation between @entity3147 and @entity6766 ( @entity6766 ) in preschool @entity1 from Mexico. Material and methods. Information of 10 513 preschool @entity1 and their families was analyzed. The @entity6766 was measured through the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA). Adjusted prevalence of @entity6766 and @entity3147 with related variables were assessed by logistic regression. Results. 31% of households had moderate and server @entity6766 . Rural and south, indigenous households, in the Q1 and Q2, showed the highest prevalence of moderate and severe @entity6766 as well. We observed a high tendency of @entity3147 in the severe @entity6766 group; the prevalence of overweight was similar in the four groups of @entity6766 . Conclusions. The risk of chronic @entity3147 is 42% bigger in @entity1 less than five years old with severe @entity6766 than in those that experienced food security.
