[Health and nutrition status of older adults in Mexico: results of a national probabilistic survey].

Objective: To describe health and nutrition status in the elderly population in Mexico.

Material And Methods: Information from 5,480 adults (>60 years) obtained by the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT-2006) was analyzed. Frequencies, means, and confidence intervals at 95% were obtained and adjusted for design effect.

[Nutrition intervention actions in relief situations: report on 4 experiences in Mexico].

In the last years Mexico faced several natural and human provoked disasters. We choose the Mexico City earthquake, the Chichonal volcano eruption, the Guatemala war and its refugees and the Chiapas armed movement. In all of them the INCMNSZ surveillance system proposal has been applied.