2012-06-06

Food insecurity among Hispanic households is a critical nutritional health issue, especially among Mexican-origin children in Texas border colonias. A recently published article in BMC Pediatrics by Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) School of Rural Public Health researchers emphasizes very low food security among Mexican-origin children (ages 6-11) was associated with greater dietary intakes in food and beverages that contributed more calories, total fat and added sugar.

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