The association between household food insecurity and obesity in Mexico: a cross-sectional study of ENSANUT MC 2016.

Objective: To examine the association between household food insecurity and overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity in Mexican adults.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: We analysed data from the Mexican Halfway National Health and Nutrition Survey 2016, a nationally representative survey that accounted for rural and urban areas in four regions of Mexico: North, Centre, Mexico City and South.