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Nutrición Hospitalaria
versión On-line ISSN 1699-5198versión impresa ISSN 0212-1611
Resumen
MARTINEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Julio C.; GARCIA-CHONG, Néstor R.; TRUJILLO-OLIVERA, Laura E. y NORIERO-ESCALANTE, Lucio. Food insecurity and social vulnerability in Chiapas: the face of poverty. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.1, pp.475-481. ISSN 1699-5198. https://dx.doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.31.1.7944.
Objective: To estimate the frequency, distribution, and trends of food security/insecurity conditions of families in Chiapas and their relationship with low income factor and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: Retrospective and cross-sectional descriptive study. Information of 1430 households from The National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 was included. The Food Insecurity was measured using the harmonized version of the Latin and Caribbean Food Security Scale for México. Results: 83% of households in Chiapas has some type of food insecurity, 86.5% is concentrated in the lower socioeconomic levels, 85% of households in rural areas have food insecurity, 87% of households beneficiary of Oportunidades still have food insecurity. Discussion: A large part of this population continues to have high levels of Food Insecurity. Clearly targeted social programs designed to eliminate this lag, fail to reduce levels of access to food which affects the physical and intellectual potential development of Chiapas people, becoming an obstacle to the development of the State. Reorientation of food policy in México is considered.
Palabras clave : Food Security; Poverty; Social Programs; Chiapas.