Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Biography

auricio Hernández Ávila  Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State  University, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, International experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Relationship of Food Groups Intake and a Social Inclusion and Welfare Strategy among Mexican Beneficiaries Younger than 5 Years Old
  Author(s): Teresa Shamah Levy, Ignacio Méndez Gómez-Humarán*, Verónica Mundo Rosas, Brenda Martínez Tapia, Erika Mayorga Borbolla and Mauricio Hernández Ávila
  
  Introduction: A social inclusion and welfare strategy focused on the population living in poverty conditions and without food access was implemented during 2014 in Mexico. Objective: Assess the association of the participation in the social inclusion and welfare strategy and food insecurity condition with differences in food groups’ intake among children younger than five years of age. Methods: Comparative study of children under five years of age, including beneficiaries and no beneficiaries from a social inclusion and welfare strategy and two study periods (2014 and 2015). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to assess the association of the intervention group, study period and food insecurity classification (FI), with the consumption of food groups. Classification and Regression Tree (CART) anal.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9600.19.9.1000762

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