According to data from the Encuesta de la Situación Nutricional de Colombia (ENSIN, 2005 and 2010) food insecurity increased in the country from 40.8% to 42.7%, being more evident in urban areas. In the case of Cundinamarca, in 2010, approximately, 1 in 3 families were food insecure. The aim of this study was to conduct an assessment of food security in families of children served by the NGO Niños sin hambre of the municipality of Cajicá, Cundinamarca.
Methodology:
In November, 2011, an interdisciplinary team of professionals from the Grupo de Nutrición, Genética y Metabolismo of the Universidad El Bosque made a diagnosis of food safety for 19 families of the 50 children served by the NGO applying the instrument Scale HouseholdFood Security. The instrument had been previously validated in the country.