La inseguridad alimentaria y factores asociados en hogares mexicanos con casos de Covid-19

Objective. To analyze the association between the presence of anti SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and other household characteristics and the food insecurity in a national sample of Mexican households. Materials and methods. Information at household level about food security (FS), sociodemographic factors, changes in family economy and food consumption was obtained in a national and representative sample. The relation between food insecurity (FI) and household characteristics was established through ordinal logistic regression, multinomial regression models were used to study the self-reported changes in food consumption and FI in the presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in at least one inhabitant of the household. Results. Households with seropositive cases shown a lower meat consumption. In those households which suffered an income reduction and had at least one individual positive for anti SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, the FI-in its higher levels-worsened (OR=1.225;CI95%: 1.04, 1.44). Conclusions. The food insecurity in households during pandemic worsened due to many factors, in this sense integral actions of public policies are required. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Objetivo. Analizar la asociacion entre la presencia de anticuerpos contra SARS-CoV-2, con la inseguridad alimentaria (IA) y otras caracteristicas del hogar, en una muestra nacional de hogares mexicanos. Material y metodos. Se obtuvo informacion a nivel de hogar en una muestra nacional representativa sobre seguridad alimentaria (SA), factores sociodemograficos, cambios en la economia y consumo de alimentos. Se estimo mediante regresion logistica ordinal la relacion entre IA y caracteristicas de los hogares y modelos de regresion logistica multinomial para estudiar los cambios autorreportados en el consumo de alimentos e IA, ante la presencia de seropositividad contra SARS-CoV-2 en el hogar. Resultados. Los hogares con casos de seropositividad presentaron menor consumo de carnes. En hogares que tuvieron una reduccion de sueldo y la presencia de una persona con anticuerpos contra SARS-CoV-2 en el hogar, se presento un aumento en la prevalencia de niveles mas altos de IA (RM=1.225;IC95%: 1.04, 1.44) Conclusiones. La IA en hogares durante la pandemia se agravo por diversos factores, por lo cual se requieren acciones de politica publica integrales. (Spanish) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Salud Publica de Mexico is the property of Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)