Food groups consumption in Mexican population. Ensanut 2020-2022

Objective. To update the estimates of percentage of usual Mexican consumers of recommended and non-recommended food groups. Materials and methods. The consumers percentage of 13 food groups with health relevance was estimated from data of a 7-day food frequency questionnaire, in children, adolescents and adults from the Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutricion 2020-2022. Results. The food groups with greater number of consumers through all the age groups were plain water (>83%) and sweetened beverages (>76%). Nearly half of <20 years population were consumers of snacks, candies, and desserts, which is similar to the percentage of the fruits group consumers and greater than the vegetables group consumers (<30%). The legumes group had less than 26% of consumers across all age groups. Conclusion. The percentage of consumers of sweetened beverages is very high among all groups of age in Mexican population, whilst recommended food groups is very low. A deeper analysis of the cause of these differences is required, as well as actions designed and directed to increase diet quality in Mexican population.