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Salud Publica Mex. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 June 03. Published in final edited form as: Salud Publica Mex. 2015 ; 57(1): 4–13.

Consumption and expenditure on food prepared away from home among Mexican adults in 2006 Brent A. Langellier, PhD, MA1 1Division

of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona

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Abstract Background—The objective of this study was to describe food expenditure and consumption of foods prepared away from home among Mexican adults. Methods—Data were from 45,241 adult participants in the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006, a nationally-representative, cross-sectional survey of Mexican households. Descriptive statistics and multivariable linear and logistic regression were used to assess the relationship between location of residence, educational attainment, socioeconomic status and the following: 1) expenditure on all food and at restaurants, and 2) frequency of consumption of comida corrida/ restaurant food and street food.

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Results—Food expenditure and consumption of food prepared away from home were positively associated with socioeconomic status, educational attainment, and urban vs. rural residence (p

Consumption and expenditure on food prepared away from home among Mexican adults in 2006.

To describe food expenditure and consumption of foods prepared away from home among Mexican adults...
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