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In addition, conditions such as depression, anxiety, unemployment, and poverty frequently contribute to this population being at higher risk of food insecurity (FI) during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of FI and its association with depressive and anxiety symptoms in Mexican OAs during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study involved a secondary analysis of the National Survey on the Effects of COVID-19 on the Wellbeing of Mexican Households (ENCOVID-19), a series of cross-sectional telephone surveys conducted between April and October 2020. The OA subsample was 1,065. FI was measured by using the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA), and depression and anxiety symptoms were measured by using the Depression Scale of the Center for Epidemiological Studies (CESD-7) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-2), respectively. Socioeconomic status (SES), occupation, schooling, and pension were also evaluated. ANOVA was used to compare the variables between the different FI groups, and logistic regression was used to analyze the risk between FI and the anxiety and depression variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean age of the participants was 67.31\u2009\u00b1\u20096.4\u2009years, and FI was classified as mild, moderate, and severe, with prevalences of 38.6, 15.04, and 8.16%, respectively. Overall, 28.01% of the OAs presented symptoms of anxiety and 39.09% of depression. In the comparison between groups, a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms was observed with a higher degree of FI, with 65.75% in moderate-to-severe, 10.39% in mild, and 9.40% without FI, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u20090.000. Regarding anxiety symptoms, 48% of the OAs showed moderate-to-severe, 30.05% showed mild, and 15.38% were without FI, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009\u2264\u20090.000. Using multiple logistic regression, an OR of 5.50 (95% CI 2.74\u201311.04) was observed for depressive symptoms when moderate-to-severe FI is present. In the case of the risk of anxiety symptoms, it was significant in all degrees of FI, in mild (OR\u2009=\u20092.43, 95% CI 1.66\u20133.59) and in moderate-to-severe (OR\u2009=\u20095.32, 95% CI 3.45\u20138.19).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is a high prevalence of FI in Mexican OAs during the COVID-19 pandemic. FI increases the risk of other conditions such as depression and anxiety. It is important to design and implement programs aimed at OAs with these conditions to reduce or prevent FI.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2023.1110584","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,13]],"date-time":"2023-03-13T04:41:58Z","timestamp":1678682518000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Prevalence of food insecurity and its association with depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: A secondary analysis of ENCOVID-19 survey"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"De la Vega Mart\u00ednez","family":"Al\u00e1n","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rosas-Carrasco","family":"Oscar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gait\u00e1n-Rossi","family":"Pablo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ancira-Moreno","family":"M\u00f3nica","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L\u00f3pez-Teros","family":"Miriam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","year":"2022"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e139292","DOI":"10.1172\/jci.insight.139292","article-title":"COVID-19 in older adults: clinical, psychosocial, and public health considerations","volume":"5","author":"Mills","year":"2020","journal-title":"JCI Insight"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e52","DOI":"10.1093\/gerona\/glaa163","article-title":"Unequal impact of structural health determinants and comorbidity on COVID-19 severity and lethality in older Mexican adults: considerations beyond chronological aging","volume":"76","author":"Bello-Chavolla","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6913e2","article-title":"Preliminary estimates of the prevalence of selected underlying health conditions among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 \u2013 United States","volume":"382","author":"Chow","year":"2020","journal-title":"MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e53","DOI":"10.1093\/geronb\/gbaa110","article-title":"The impact of sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults\u2019 social and mental well-being","volume":"76","author":"Krendl","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Gerontol Ser B"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12603-020-1469-2","article-title":"Impact of social isolation due to COVID-19 on health in older people: mental and physical effects and recommendations","author":"Sep\u00falveda-Loyola","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Nutr Health Aging"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"412","DOI":"10.1017\/S1368980020004000","article-title":"Food insecurity measurement and prevalence estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in a repeated cross-sectional survey in Mexico","volume":"24","author":"Gait\u00e1n-Rossi","year":"2021","journal-title":"Public Health Nutr"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1778","DOI":"10.1017\/S136898001900435X","article-title":"Food insecurity and mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"23","author":"Pourmotabbed","year":"2020","journal-title":"Public Health Nutr"},{"key":"ref9","year":"2021"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5281\/zenodo.3950528","article-title":"Encuesta Nacional sobre los Efectos del COVID-19 en el Bienestar de los Hogares Mexicanos (ENCOVID-19-ABRIL)","author":"Teruel Belismelis","year":"2020","journal-title":"Zenodo"},{"key":"ref11","year":"2020"},{"key":"ref12","volume-title":"Escala Latinoamericana Y Caribe\u00f1a de Seguridad Alimentaria (ELCSA): Manual de uso y aplicaciones [Internet]","author":"Segall Corr\u00eaa","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref13","first-page":"117","article-title":"Escala Latinoamericana y Caribe\u00f1a de Seguridad Alimentaria (ELCSA). 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