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Relationship of household food insecurity and anemia in children receiving the benefit from food assistance programs in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Author(s) -
Shamah Levy Teresa,
Villalpando Hernández Salvador,
Cuevas Nasu Lucia,
Gaona Pineda Elsa Berenice,
Mendez Gómez Humaran Ignacio,
Rivera Dommarco Juan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.585.8
Subject(s) - anemia , food insecurity , environmental health , socioeconomic status , medicine , food security , latin americans , logistic regression , malnutrition , demography , pediatrics , geography , population , agriculture , political science , archaeology , pathology , sociology , law
Objective To investigate the association of household food insecurity in children with anemia beneficiaries of food assistance programs. Methods: Within the Study of Impact evaluation of Food assistance Programs (FAP) in San Luis Potosi, México we obtained information from 1366 households with children (<5y) beneficiaries of one out of the three FAP: Prospera (before Oportunidades); School Breakfast Program (DIF); Rescue to Malnutrition with amaranth; and Control group. We used the Latin American and Caribbean Household Food Security measurement scale (ELCSA). Anemia in children was determined with the cut‐off values <110 g/L. The effect of FAP and the food insecurity (FI) level on the prevalence of anemia in children, a logistic regression model was constructed. Stunting, socioeconomic level, age, and sex were included in the model as corrective variables. Results: The prevalence of anemia increased when children were stunted (p=0.001) A higher socioeconomic index and major age were protective for the probability of anemia. Significant interactions were observed between Prospera and mild food insecurity level (p=0.095) and between anemia and DIF and mild insecurity (p=0.009) in children. Conclusions 29.3% of the children from households with FI suffered anemia and the probability of being anemic increased if the children were stunted. Households with anemic children that did not receive assistance were more food secure than those that did. Supported by FOMIX, SLP‐COPOCYT. Project: FMSLP‐213‐CO2‐208475

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