Snacking is prevalent in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Snacking has increased globally, but little is known about how Mexicans consume foods outside meals.

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and patterns of snacking behavior among Mexicans.

Methods

We used data from children and adults (aged ≥ 2 y; n = 9937) from the Mexican National Nutrition Survey 1999 and the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHNS) 2012 to examine the prevalence of snacking as well as amount (kcal) and contribution of snacks to total energy intake per day. Snacking was defined as eating outside of the 3 main meals. We calculated per capita (among the total population) and per consumer ("snackers") estimates of the number of snacks per day, kilocalories per snack, kilocalories per day from snacks, and t

SUBMITTER: Duffey KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4195421 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature