Food insecurity has been associated with decreased household food supplies, which could affect children’s fruit and vegetables intakes and increases their risk of being overweight or obese. The aim of this study was to determine if food insecurity was associated with lower fruit and vegetables consumption and overweight and obesity in children from Mexican fishing communities. A cross-sectional study was 4conducted with 100 elementary-school children aged 6–12 years. A survey that evaluated socioeconomic conditions, food insecurity, and fruits and vegetables consumption was applied. Weight and height were measured. The association between key variables and food insecurity was assessed using linear regression. Sixty-four percent of households experienced food insecurity. Food-insecure children reported lower consumption of fruits and fruits plus vegetables than did their peers with food security (P trend = 0.040 and 0.038, respectively). Food insecurity was also associated with lower chance to meet the recommendation of fruit and vegetable consumption (P trend in logit < 0.001), but was negatively associated with the prevalence of overweight and obesity (P trend in logit < 0.001). Food-insecure children had lower fruits and vegetables consumption but were no more likely to be overweight or obese than their food-secure counterparts.

粮食不安全与家庭粮食供应减少有关，这可能影响儿童的水果和蔬菜摄入量，并增加他们超重或肥胖的风险。这项研究的目的是确定在墨西哥捕鱼社区的儿童中，粮食不安全是否与较低的水果和蔬菜消费以及超重和肥胖有关。这项横断面研究由100名6至12岁的100名小学生进行。进行了一项评估社会经济状况，粮食不安全以及水果和蔬菜消费的调查。测量体重和身高。使用线性回归评估关键变量与粮食不安全之间的关联。64％的家庭经历了粮食不安全状况。粮食不安全的儿童报告的水果和水果加蔬菜的消费量低于有粮食安全的同龄人（P趋势分别为0.040和0.038）。粮食不安全还与满足水果和蔬菜消费建议的机会较低相关（对数P趋势<0.001），但与超重和肥胖的患病率呈负相关（对数P趋势<0.001）。没有食物保障的儿童的水果和蔬菜消费量较低，但与那些有粮食保障的儿童相比，他们的超重或肥胖可能性不大。但与超重和肥胖的患病率呈负相关（logit的P趋势<0.001）。没有食物保障的儿童的水果和蔬菜消费量较低，但与那些有粮食保障的儿童相比，他们的超重或肥胖可能性不大。但与超重和肥胖的患病率呈负相关（logit的P趋势<0.001）。没有食物保障的儿童的水果和蔬菜消费量较低，但与那些有粮食保障的儿童相比，他们的超重或肥胖可能性不大。