Mishel Unar‐Munguía
Biographic Data
| ID | 6459532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mishel Unar‐Munguía |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mishel |
| FAMILY NAME | Unar‐Munguía |
| SIGNATURE | MUNGUÍA M U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1156-9337 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Digital Marketing Claims and Their Association With the Perceptions of Parents of Children Under 2 Years Old of Commercial Milk Formulas in Mexico
We analysed digital marketing claims for commercial milk formula (CMF) and their association with parents' perceptions of the health and nutrition benefits of this industrialised product. The study sample consisted of 1074 parents ≥ 18 years old with internet access, with children < 2 years old, living in Mexico, who responded to an online survey between December 2020 and January 2021. The most frequent health-related, nutrition, technical, and e…
Formative Research for the Development and Implementation of a Smartphone Application to Report Breaches to the International Code of Marketing of Breast‐Milk Substitutes in Mexico
Almost 40 years after the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes ('the Code') in Mexico, noncompliance persists. In other countries, smartphone applications for reporting Code noncompliance have proven effective. This study aimed to identify key features for the design of a public health surveillance app to monitor Code breaches and the barriers and facilitators to its use by parents and stakeholders. Semi-stru…
Impact of healthy and sustainable diets on the mortality burden from cardiometabolic diseases and colorectal cancer in Mexican adults
Healthy and sustainable diets (HSDs) have been associated with reduced mortality from chronic diseases, particularly in high-income countries. However, evidence from Mexico is limited, and no study has assessed the potential impact on mortality of adopting different HSD scenarios. This study aimed to assess the impact of various HSD scenarios on the mortality burden from cardiometabolic diseases and colorectal cancer (CRC) in Mexican adults. Usin…
Simulating price subsidies on healthy foods in Mexico
Objective: To simulate the impact of a price subsidy (price reduction) on purchases of healthy foods with suboptimal consumption. Design: We used data from the 2018 Mexican National Household Income and Expenditure Survey, a cross-sectional study. We estimated own- and cross-price elasticities of the demand for food groups using a Linear Approximation of an Almost Ideal Demand System. Using the estimated elasticities, we derived changes in purcha…
Digital marketing of commercial breastmilk substitutes and baby foods
BACKGROUND: Parents are exposed to breastmilk substitutes and baby foods marketing on the internet and social media, which hinders adequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding. This study identifies digital marketing strategies for breastmilk substitutes, specifically commercial milk formula and baby foods used by the industry to influence infant and young children's feeding practices in Mexico and proposes regulatory recommendations that can…
Breastfeeding is associated with the intelligence of school‐age children in Mexico
Breastfeeding has been consistently associated with higher intelligence since childhood. However, this relation could be confounded due to maternal selection bias. We estimated the association between predominant breastfeeding and intelligence in school-age children considering potential selection bias and we simulated the intelligence gap reduction between low versus higher socioeconomic status children by increasing breastfeeding. We analysed p…
Digital marketing of formula and baby food negatively influences breast feeding and complementary feeding
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence of the association between digital marketing of formula and baby food and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. OBJECTIVE: Assess parents' exposure to digital marketing of formula and baby food for children <2 years and its association with the purchase and IYCF practices in Mexico. METHODS: Parents ≥18 years recruited from a market research panel completed an online survey (n=1074) and capture-on-s…
Changes in apparent consumption of staple food in Mexico associated with the gradual implementation of the Nafta
In 1994, the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to remove trade barriers and facilitate cross-border trade in goods and services. Worldwide, trade agreements, urbanization and economic development have shaped significant changes in dietary habits. This study aims to evaluate the association between the gradual implementation of NAFTA and changes in apparent consumption of staple foods in Mexic…
Diet cost and quality using the Healthy Eating Index-2015 in adults from urban and rural areas of Mexico
Objective: To assess the association between diet cost and quality by place of residence. Design: We analysed cross-sectional data of the National Health and Nutrition Survey-2012. Diet cost was estimated by linking dietary data, obtained from a 7-d SFFQ, with municipality food prices, which were derived from a national expenditure survey. Diet quality was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015). Association between quintiles of d…
Effect of a conditional cash transference program on food insecurity in Mexican households
Objective: To estimate the effects of the social inclusion programme PROSPERA on food insecurity (FI) in Mexican households during 2012 and 2016. Design: Quasi-experimental study using cross-sectional data from 2012 to 2016 National Household Income and Expenditure Survey – Socioeconomic Conditions Module (in Spanish, ENIGH-MCS). Setting: Data were used from a 2012 sample of 56 888 Mexican households (representative of 31 206 819 households) and …
Evaluating the effect of the initiative ‘Caring for the Newborn and the Mother at Home’ in Mexico
Objective: The WHO and UNICEF recommend home visits to improve health outcomes for mothers and newborns. We evaluated the effect of home visits by community volunteers during pregnancy and postpartum on breast-feeding practices, women’s knowledge about benefits, beliefs and myths of breast-feeding, obstetric and neonatal warning signs, preparation for childbirth and initial care for newborns, and diarrhoea and respiratory diseases in children. De…
Breastfeeding practices in Mexico
Although actions have been taken to improve breastfeeding in Mexico, trends over the last decade and their associated factors have not been analysed. We estimated trends in breastfeeding practices at the national, rural/urban, and regional level indigenous ethnicity and socio-economic level, and their associated factors using the National Demographic Dynamics Survey (2006, 2009, 2014 and 2018). We assessed breastfeeding indicators of women with c…
Apparent consumption of caloric sweeteners increased after the implementation of Nafta in Mexico
The burden of suboptimal breastfeeding in Mexico
Longer duration of breastfeeding is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, breast and ovarian cancer, myocardial infarction, and hypertension diseases in women. Mexico has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates worldwide; therefore, estimating the disease and economic burden of such rates is needed to influence public policy. We considered suboptimal breastfeeding when fewer than 95% of parous women breastfeed for less than 24 months per…
Price elasticity of the demand for soft drinks, other sugar-sweetened beverages and energy dense food in Chile
The demand of soft drinks is price sensitive among Chilean households. An incentive system such as subsidies to non-sweetened beverages and tax to soft drinks could lead to increases in the substitutions for other healthier beverages
Price elasticity of the demand for sugar sweetened beverages and soft drinks in Mexico
A large and growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates that sugar drinks are harmful to health. Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is a risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Mexico has one of the largest per capita consumption of soft drinks worldwide and high rates of obesity and diabetes. Fiscal approaches such as taxation have been recommended as a public health policy to reduce SSB consumption. We estimated an almost ideal…
No prominent works on this page.
Price elasticity of the demand for sugar sweetened beverages and soft drinks in Mexico
A large and growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates that sugar drinks are harmful to health. Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is a risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Mexico has one of the largest per capita consumption of soft drinks worldwide and high rates of obesity and diabetes. Fiscal approaches such as taxation have been recommended as a public health policy to reduce SSB consumption. We estimated an almost ideal…
Price elasticity of the demand for soft drinks, other sugar-sweetened beverages and energy dense food in Chile
The demand of soft drinks is price sensitive among Chilean households. An incentive system such as subsidies to non-sweetened beverages and tax to soft drinks could lead to increases in the substitutions for other healthier beverages
The burden of suboptimal breastfeeding in Mexico
Longer duration of breastfeeding is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, breast and ovarian cancer, myocardial infarction, and hypertension diseases in women. Mexico has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates worldwide; therefore, estimating the disease and economic burden of such rates is needed to influence public policy. We considered suboptimal breastfeeding when fewer than 95% of parous women breastfeed for less than 24 months per…
Apparent consumption of caloric sweeteners increased after the implementation of Nafta in Mexico
Breastfeeding practices in Mexico
Although actions have been taken to improve breastfeeding in Mexico, trends over the last decade and their associated factors have not been analysed. We estimated trends in breastfeeding practices at the national, rural/urban, and regional level indigenous ethnicity and socio-economic level, and their associated factors using the National Demographic Dynamics Survey (2006, 2009, 2014 and 2018). We assessed breastfeeding indicators of women with c…
Evaluating the effect of the initiative ‘Caring for the Newborn and the Mother at Home’ in Mexico
Objective: The WHO and UNICEF recommend home visits to improve health outcomes for mothers and newborns. We evaluated the effect of home visits by community volunteers during pregnancy and postpartum on breast-feeding practices, women’s knowledge about benefits, beliefs and myths of breast-feeding, obstetric and neonatal warning signs, preparation for childbirth and initial care for newborns, and diarrhoea and respiratory diseases in children. De…
Digital marketing of formula and baby food negatively influences breast feeding and complementary feeding
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence of the association between digital marketing of formula and baby food and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. OBJECTIVE: Assess parents' exposure to digital marketing of formula and baby food for children <2 years and its association with the purchase and IYCF practices in Mexico. METHODS: Parents ≥18 years recruited from a market research panel completed an online survey (n=1074) and capture-on-s…
Changes in apparent consumption of staple food in Mexico associated with the gradual implementation of the Nafta
In 1994, the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to remove trade barriers and facilitate cross-border trade in goods and services. Worldwide, trade agreements, urbanization and economic development have shaped significant changes in dietary habits. This study aims to evaluate the association between the gradual implementation of NAFTA and changes in apparent consumption of staple foods in Mexic…
Diet cost and quality using the Healthy Eating Index-2015 in adults from urban and rural areas of Mexico
Objective: To assess the association between diet cost and quality by place of residence. Design: We analysed cross-sectional data of the National Health and Nutrition Survey-2012. Diet cost was estimated by linking dietary data, obtained from a 7-d SFFQ, with municipality food prices, which were derived from a national expenditure survey. Diet quality was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015). Association between quintiles of d…
Effect of a conditional cash transference program on food insecurity in Mexican households
Objective: To estimate the effects of the social inclusion programme PROSPERA on food insecurity (FI) in Mexican households during 2012 and 2016. Design: Quasi-experimental study using cross-sectional data from 2012 to 2016 National Household Income and Expenditure Survey – Socioeconomic Conditions Module (in Spanish, ENIGH-MCS). Setting: Data were used from a 2012 sample of 56 888 Mexican households (representative of 31 206 819 households) and …
Digital marketing of commercial breastmilk substitutes and baby foods
BACKGROUND: Parents are exposed to breastmilk substitutes and baby foods marketing on the internet and social media, which hinders adequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding. This study identifies digital marketing strategies for breastmilk substitutes, specifically commercial milk formula and baby foods used by the industry to influence infant and young children's feeding practices in Mexico and proposes regulatory recommendations that can…
Breastfeeding is associated with the intelligence of school‐age children in Mexico
Breastfeeding has been consistently associated with higher intelligence since childhood. However, this relation could be confounded due to maternal selection bias. We estimated the association between predominant breastfeeding and intelligence in school-age children considering potential selection bias and we simulated the intelligence gap reduction between low versus higher socioeconomic status children by increasing breastfeeding. We analysed p…
Digital Marketing Claims and Their Association With the Perceptions of Parents of Children Under 2 Years Old of Commercial Milk Formulas in Mexico
We analysed digital marketing claims for commercial milk formula (CMF) and their association with parents' perceptions of the health and nutrition benefits of this industrialised product. The study sample consisted of 1074 parents ≥ 18 years old with internet access, with children < 2 years old, living in Mexico, who responded to an online survey between December 2020 and January 2021. The most frequent health-related, nutrition, technical, and e…
Formative Research for the Development and Implementation of a Smartphone Application to Report Breaches to the International Code of Marketing of Breast‐Milk Substitutes in Mexico
Almost 40 years after the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes ('the Code') in Mexico, noncompliance persists. In other countries, smartphone applications for reporting Code noncompliance have proven effective. This study aimed to identify key features for the design of a public health surveillance app to monitor Code breaches and the barriers and facilitators to its use by parents and stakeholders. Semi-stru…
Impact of healthy and sustainable diets on the mortality burden from cardiometabolic diseases and colorectal cancer in Mexican adults
Healthy and sustainable diets (HSDs) have been associated with reduced mortality from chronic diseases, particularly in high-income countries. However, evidence from Mexico is limited, and no study has assessed the potential impact on mortality of adopting different HSD scenarios. This study aimed to assess the impact of various HSD scenarios on the mortality burden from cardiometabolic diseases and colorectal cancer (CRC) in Mexican adults. Usin…
Simulating price subsidies on healthy foods in Mexico
Objective: To simulate the impact of a price subsidy (price reduction) on purchases of healthy foods with suboptimal consumption. Design: We used data from the 2018 Mexican National Household Income and Expenditure Survey, a cross-sectional study. We estimated own- and cross-price elasticities of the demand for food groups using a Linear Approximation of an Almost Ideal Demand System. Using the estimated elasticities, we derived changes in purcha…
Medicine (14 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (8 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 works) · Pediatrics (6 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Breastfeeding (5 works) · Business (5 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 works) · Demography (5 works)