A surge in food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cohort in Mexico City.

Luis F Bautista-ArredondoT Verenice Muñoz-RochaJosé Luis FigueroaMartha Maria Tellez-RojoLibni A Torres-OlascoagaAlejandra CantoralLaura Arboleda-MerinoCindy LeungKaren E PetersonHéctor Lamadrid-Figueroa

Published in: PloS one (2024)

Food insecurity increased in Mexico City households in the ELEMENT cohort as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. These results contribute to the body of evidence suggesting that governments should implement well-designed, focalized programs in the context of economic crisis such as the one caused by COVID-19 to prevent families from the expected adverse health and well-being consequences associated to food insecurity, especially for the most vulnerable.

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