"In the event of a discrepancy between the content of the English version and the original Spanish version the latter shall prevail".

Identity and address of the responsible entity

The entity responsible for the personal information you provide is Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (hereinafter “ITESM”), operating at the address Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, Colonia Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, C.P. 64700.

Personal data and sensitive personal data processed by ITESM

To comply with the purposes of the treatment indicated in this privacy notice, ITESM will process the following categories of personal data:

• Identification data (including your personal image);
• Contact information;
• Authentication data;
• Employment data;
• Academic and professional background data;
• Data related to any disability (sensitive data);
• Data related to your interests and aptitudes both vocational and professional that you provide directly or through the performance of activities by ITESM and/or that can be inferred from information in ITESM's possession through the application of various data analysis techniques.

Likewise, we inform you that in order to comply with the purposes stated in this Privacy Notice, data related to any disability (sensitive personal data) will be used so that ITESM can facilitate the use of the technologies used for your participation in the program.

On the other hand, we inform you that ITESM may process personal identification, contact and labor data of third parties that maintain any labor, professional, professional or related relationship to the Science Connexion Program with you ("Third Parties") in order to comply with the purposes informed in this Privacy Notice. Thus, by providing personal data related to Third Parties you acknowledge having their consent for ITESM to treat your personal data in terms of this Privacy Notice.

Primary Purposes

ITESM will process your personal information for the following primary and necessary purposes:

• To identify you as an ITESM prospect and verify that you have the necessary skills, aptitudes and other requirements for admission to the Science Connexion and Creation Ecosystem platform.
• To manage the application(s) you make in relation to the ITESM Science Connexion and Creation Ecosystem platform.
• To validate the veracity and quality of the information provided by you or that which may be inferred from you or obtained from other lawful sources to which ITESM may have access, including the verification of your data before government agencies or third parties with which we have entered into collaboration agreements.
• To perform activities of analysis of the information and data related to your person through the application of various data analysis techniques and technologies that will allow us to better understand your profile, skills and interests.
• To comply with and follow up on the procedures and institutional activities provided for in applicable guidelines, procedures, regulations, rules, codes or internal policies.
• To invite you and, where appropriate, manage your access and participation in the activity(ies) and events related to the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• If applicable, to grant you support of different kinds including economic support, scholarships and/or loans in case you comply with the requirements established in the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• If applicable, to register and participate in linkage programs with academic, governmental and/or private research institutions in Mexico and abroad.
• To comply with and follow up on the bases, requirements and procedures for registration, admission and development in the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• To evaluate and inform you of the content of your project(s) presented in the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• For the registration and accreditation of community and/or professional social service, in those cases where it is necessary to obtain it.
• To register you to events and/or activities related to the Science Connexion Platform and the Creation Ecosystem in which you participate representing ITESM.
• To attend, register and follow up on any complaints you may make.
• To elaborate, when applicable, the document of access to the facilities.
• To use your personal image (whether in photographic, video, or any other similar media) to make internal and external publications about your participation in events or activities, as well as to promote ITESM.
• To send you communications, notifications and personal notices through different channels and technological communication mechanisms that ITESM considers pertinent in order to let you know relevant information about the status of your registration process or any matter that may be of interest to you; as well as to know your opinion regarding the attention received and the services we offer.
• The profile and contact information you provide to the platform will be visible to other users of the platform.
• To make statistics and reports for internal control.
• To comply with the obligations set forth in the applicable regulations and with the terms and conditions of each call for applications.

Secondary purposes

In addition, ITESM will use your personal information for the following purposes that are not necessary for the requested service, but will enable us to offer you the best possible attention:

• For further contact.
• To send you information that we believe may be of interest to you and that may be related to the products and services we offer.
• To send you invitations to events, activities, programs and projects.
• To perform information and data analysis activities related to your participation in the Science Connexion Platform by applying various data analysis techniques and technologies that will allow us to better understand your performance and socio-demographic data of your participation.
• To promote academic life, research, outreach, cultural, recreational and social sporting events.
• Processes of dissociation of your personal data to give them treatment anonymously.
• To send you advertising and communications for marketing or telemarketing purposes or financial campaigns.

If you do not want ITESM to treat your personal data for any of the purposes described in this section, please send an email to datospersonales@itesm.mx You may change your option at any time, following the procedure, requirements and deadlines for the exercise of your ARCO Rights and/or revocation of consent on our website https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento.

It is important that you keep in mind that, in case of granting your consent, it will remain valid even when the legal relationship between you and ITESM has ended, which means that ITESM may continue to process your personal data necessary to fulfill the present secondary purposes.

Transfers

According to Article 37 of the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Individuals, ITESM may transfer your personal data without requiring your consent in the following cases:

• To controlling companies, subsidiaries or affiliates under the common control of ITESM, or to a parent company or any company of the same group of the responsible party that operates under the same internal processes and policies;
• Competent authorities in the cases provided for by the applicable regulations, in the event that we receive a mandatory requirement;
• When it is necessary for the maintenance or fulfillment of the legal relationship between you and ITESM, such as in the case of individuals or legal entities, national or international with which we have entered into binding legal agreements.

Arco Rights and/or revocation of consent

You or your legal representative may exercise any of the rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition (hereinafter "ARCO Rights"), as well as revoke your consent for the processing of your personal data by sending an email to: datospersonales@itesm.mx and following the procedure, requirements and deadlines for the exercise of your ARCO Rights and/or revocation of consent on our website https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento.

It is important to note that not in all cases we will be able to respond favorably to your request or terminate the use immediately, as we may be required by law to continue processing your personal data.

Limitation and/or disclosure of your data

You may limit the use or disclosure of your personal data by sending your request to ITESM by sending an e-mail to datospersonales@itesm.mx. If your request is accepted, you will be registered in ITESM's own exclusion list.

Changes to this privacy notice

ITESM will notify you of any changes to this privacy notice through https://tec.mx/es/avisos-de-privacidad-especiales.

Last update: September 2022

"In the event of a discrepancy between the content of the English version and the original Spanish version the latter shall prevail".

Identity and address of the responsible entity

The entity responsible for the personal information you provide is Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (hereinafter “ITESM”), operating at the address Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, Colonia Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, C.P. 64700.

Personal data and sensitive personal data processed by ITESM

To comply with the purposes of the treatment indicated in this privacy notice, ITESM will process the following categories of personal data:

• Identification data (including your personal image);
• Contact information;
• Authentication data;
• Employment data;
• Academic and professional background data;
• Data related to any disability (sensitive data);
• Data related to your interests and aptitudes both vocational and professional that you provide directly or through the performance of activities by ITESM and/or that can be inferred from information in ITESM's possession through the application of various data analysis techniques.

Likewise, we inform you that in order to comply with the purposes stated in this Privacy Notice, data related to any disability (sensitive personal data) will be used so that ITESM can facilitate the use of the technologies used for your participation in the program.

On the other hand, we inform you that ITESM may process personal identification, contact and labor data of third parties that maintain any labor, professional, professional or related relationship to the Science Connexion Program with you ("Third Parties") in order to comply with the purposes informed in this Privacy Notice. Thus, by providing personal data related to Third Parties you acknowledge having their consent for ITESM to treat your personal data in terms of this Privacy Notice.

Primary Purposes

ITESM will process your personal information for the following primary and necessary purposes:

• To identify you as an ITESM prospect and verify that you have the necessary skills, aptitudes and other requirements for admission to the Science Connexion and Creation Ecosystem platform.
• To manage the application(s) you make in relation to the ITESM Science Connexion and Creation Ecosystem platform.
• To validate the veracity and quality of the information provided by you or that which may be inferred from you or obtained from other lawful sources to which ITESM may have access, including the verification of your data before government agencies or third parties with which we have entered into collaboration agreements.
• To perform activities of analysis of the information and data related to your person through the application of various data analysis techniques and technologies that will allow us to better understand your profile, skills and interests.
• To comply with and follow up on the procedures and institutional activities provided for in applicable guidelines, procedures, regulations, rules, codes or internal policies.
• To invite you and, where appropriate, manage your access and participation in the activity(ies) and events related to the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• If applicable, to grant you support of different kinds including economic support, scholarships and/or loans in case you comply with the requirements established in the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• If applicable, to register and participate in linkage programs with academic, governmental and/or private research institutions in Mexico and abroad.
• To comply with and follow up on the bases, requirements and procedures for registration, admission and development in the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• To evaluate and inform you of the content of your project(s) presented in the Science Connexion Platform and Creation Ecosystem.
• For the registration and accreditation of community and/or professional social service, in those cases where it is necessary to obtain it.
• To register you to events and/or activities related to the Science Connexion Platform and the Creation Ecosystem in which you participate representing ITESM.
• To attend, register and follow up on any complaints you may make.
• To elaborate, when applicable, the document of access to the facilities.
• To use your personal image (whether in photographic, video, or any other similar media) to make internal and external publications about your participation in events or activities, as well as to promote ITESM.
• To send you communications, notifications and personal notices through different channels and technological communication mechanisms that ITESM considers pertinent in order to let you know relevant information about the status of your registration process or any matter that may be of interest to you; as well as to know your opinion regarding the attention received and the services we offer.
• The profile and contact information you provide to the platform will be visible to other users of the platform.
• To make statistics and reports for internal control.
• To comply with the obligations set forth in the applicable regulations and with the terms and conditions of each call for applications.

Secondary purposes

In addition, ITESM will use your personal information for the following purposes that are not necessary for the requested service, but will enable us to offer you the best possible attention:

• For further contact.
• To send you information that we believe may be of interest to you and that may be related to the products and services we offer.
• To send you invitations to events, activities, programs and projects.
• To perform information and data analysis activities related to your participation in the Science Connexion Platform by applying various data analysis techniques and technologies that will allow us to better understand your performance and socio-demographic data of your participation.
• To promote academic life, research, outreach, cultural, recreational and social sporting events.
• Processes of dissociation of your personal data to give them treatment anonymously.
• To send you advertising and communications for marketing or telemarketing purposes or financial campaigns.

If you do not want ITESM to treat your personal data for any of the purposes described in this section, please send an email to datospersonales@itesm.mx You may change your option at any time, following the procedure, requirements and deadlines for the exercise of your ARCO Rights and/or revocation of consent on our website https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento.

It is important that you keep in mind that, in case of granting your consent, it will remain valid even when the legal relationship between you and ITESM has ended, which means that ITESM may continue to process your personal data necessary to fulfill the present secondary purposes.

Transfers

According to Article 37 of the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Individuals, ITESM may transfer your personal data without requiring your consent in the following cases:

• To controlling companies, subsidiaries or affiliates under the common control of ITESM, or to a parent company or any company of the same group of the responsible party that operates under the same internal processes and policies;
• Competent authorities in the cases provided for by the applicable regulations, in the event that we receive a mandatory requirement;
• When it is necessary for the maintenance or fulfillment of the legal relationship between you and ITESM, such as in the case of individuals or legal entities, national or international with which we have entered into binding legal agreements.

Arco Rights and/or revocation of consent

You or your legal representative may exercise any of the rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition (hereinafter "ARCO Rights"), as well as revoke your consent for the processing of your personal data by sending an email to: datospersonales@itesm.mx and following the procedure, requirements and deadlines for the exercise of your ARCO Rights and/or revocation of consent on our website https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento.

It is important to note that not in all cases we will be able to respond favorably to your request or terminate the use immediately, as we may be required by law to continue processing your personal data.

Limitation and/or disclosure of your data

You may limit the use or disclosure of your personal data by sending your request to ITESM by sending an e-mail to datospersonales@itesm.mx. If your request is accepted, you will be registered in ITESM's own exclusion list.

Changes to this privacy notice

ITESM will notify you of any changes to this privacy notice through https://tec.mx/es/avisos-de-privacidad-especiales.

Last update: September 2022

Hambre Cero is a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) established by the United Nations. This initiative seeks to reduce food poverty and food waste by 2030. 

By 2022, it has been detected that more than 24 million people in Mexico live in food poverty. 

Tecnológico de Monterrey is an institution of society for society and that is why we join in the development of these objectives, promoting actions that have a significant impact. By 2023, we committed to collecting 80 tons of beans, rice and oil to donate to banks that are part of the National Food Bank Network.

Hunger is not the problem, people are the solution.
 

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Hambre Cero is a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) established by the United Nations. This initiative seeks to reduce food poverty and food waste by 2030. 

By 2022, it has been detected that more than 24 million people in Mexico live in food poverty. 

Tecnológico de Monterrey is an institution of society for society and that is why we join in the development of these objectives, promoting actions that have a significant impact. By 2023, we committed to collecting 80 tons of beans, rice and oil to donate to banks that are part of the National Food Bank Network.

Hunger is not the problem, people are the solution.
 

volunteer_activism  JOIN  navigate_next

psychology_alt

In Mexico there are more than 25 thousand tons of tomatoes left over, enough to build 10 times the Latin tower.

Help us get food to those who need it most.

DOWNLOAD THE CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES keyboard_arrow_right

Become an ally against hunger.

volunteer_activism  JOIN  navigate_next

psychology_alt

In Mexico there are more than 25 thousand tons of tomatoes left over, enough to build 10 times the Latin tower.

Help us get food to those who need it most.

In-Kind Donations

Find your nearest Zero Hunger Spot

KNOW THE COLLECTION CENTERS keyboard_arrow_right

Financial donations

Click and donate from $10

I WANT TO DONATE keyboard_arrow_right

Join as a volunteer

Become an ally against hunger

I WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEERkeyboard_arrow_right

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In Mexico there are more than 800,000 tons of bread left over, enough to build seven soccer stadiums.

Help us get food to those who need it most.

Become an ally against hunger.

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"In the event of a discrepancy between the content of the English version and the original Spanish version the latter shall prevail".

Identity and address of the responsible entity

The entity responsible for the personal information that you provide is Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (hereinafter “ITESM”), address Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, Colonia Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, C.P. 64700.

Personal data and sensitive personal data processed by ITESM

As part of your registration as a participant in the calls for scientific-technological research and entrepreneurship (EBCT) organized by ITESM, the latter, either directly or through allied institutions, will collect and process the following categories of personal data: identification (including image and voice), contact, employment, and those related to your research and/or entrepreneurship project.

Moreover, in order to fulfill the primary and necessary purposes indicated herein, ITESM will not collect or process any sensitive personal data.

In addition, we should like to inform you that ITESM will collect and process the personal data related to identification, contact and employment of the participants in the research and/or entrepreneurship project, testimonials (“Third Parties”), for which you acknowledge having the consent of the aforementioned for ITESM to process their data under the terms of this Privacy Notice.

Primary purposes

ITESM will process your personal information for the following primary and necessary purposes:

• To address, record, and follow up on your request(s) for information.
• To arrange and manage electronic access to the technological infrastructure in order to register your nomination.
• To verify that you meet the nomination requirements of the Call.
• To validate the veracity and quality of the information you provided.
• To carry out the evaluation by the jury of the proposal.
• In case of being selected, to participate in the program that arises from the Call.
• During the event, you could be photographed and/or videorecorded to generate support materials deemed relevant for all the promotional and informative purposes of ITESM and that will be published or distributed in Mexico or abroad through print or electronic media, such as: websites, social networks, brochures and/or advertisements. In addition, we will not associate your name with the photograph or video recording, except in the cases in which you are the exponent of any of the projects selected. The authorization you grant to us, in accordance with the Federal Copyright Law, is voluntary and free of charge. If you have presented your research project during the Congress, to process the recognition and its delivery.
• To keep a historical record of your participation.
• To generate statistics for internal control purposes.
• To include in the Compendium, which could be compiled, your identification data and the summary of the research work.
• If selected, for possible contacts to develop print or digital material to disseminate your contribution to Research and Innovation.

We should like to inform you that you cannot ask ITESM to cease from the treatment of your data for the aforementioned purposes, since such treatment is necessary in order to provide you with the services requested.

Secondary purposes

If you do not object, ITESM will process your personal data for the following additional purposes:

• To send you communications related to various scientific and technological research and entrepreneurship calls from ITESM and/or its allies.

If you wish to restrict or suppress the processing of your personal data for any or all of the secondary purposes, please contact us immediately by email at the following address datospersonales@itesm.mx, indicating:

Your full name and the email in which you receive invitations or communications.

1. Copy of your official ID.
2. The name of this Privacy Notice Rómulo Garza Award for Research and Development.
3. The secondary purpose(s) for which you do not want your data to be processed.
4. If you wish subsequently to limit the use of your data for the secondary purposes, you can follow the abovementioned process or register in the exclusion list for the communications made known to you.

Transfers

In order to fulfill the aforementioned necessary purposes or any others required by law or by the competent authorities, ITESM will only transfer the necessary personal data in the cases provided by law.

ARCO rights and/or revocation of consent

You or your legal representative can exercise any of your rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition (hereinafter “ARCO rights”), and revoke your consent for the processing of your personal data by sending an email and following the procedure, requirements, and deadlines for the exercise of your ARCO rights and/or revocation of consent on our webpage: https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento.

Please note that we cannot address your request or terminate use immediately in every case, since a legal obligation could be in place that requires us to continue to process your data.

Options for limiting the use or disclosure of your Personal Data

You can limit the use or disclosure of your personal data by sending your request to: datospersonales@itesm.mx.

Requirements for proof of identity and the procedure for addressing your request will be governed by the same criteria indicated on our webpage: https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento. If your request is valid, you will be added to ITESM’s exclusion list.

Use of cookies

ITESM uses several technologies to enhance the efficiency of the Platform, including your browsing experience. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on the browser used by each user that enable the server to remember specific data that can be used later on. This information makes it possible to identify and save your personal preferences in order to offer you a better browsing experience.

The use of cookies and other technologies can be deactivated, disabled or adjusted by following the procedures of the internet browser you are using.

• Select the option “configuration” or tools, according to your browser.
• Select the option deactivate cookies.
• This process disables all the cookies on your browser, but not those from our Platform.

The personal data that can be obtained through the use of these technologies are: Identifiers, session username and passwords, region where you are located, type of browser, type of operating system, date and time of starting and finishing a session, webpages visited, searches completed, and advertising viewed. These technologies can be disabled by following the procedures of the internet browser you are using.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

ITESM reserves the right to modify, change or update this privacy notice at any time. The updated version of this notice is available at https://tec.mx/en/privacy-notices.

"In the event of a discrepancy between the content of the English version and the original Spanish version the latter shall prevail".

Identity and address of the responsible entity

The entity responsible for the personal information that you provide is Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (hereinafter “ITESM”), address Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, Colonia Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, C.P. 64700.

Personal data and sensitive personal data processed by ITESM

As part of your registration as a participant in the calls for scientific-technological research and entrepreneurship (EBCT) organized by ITESM, the latter, either directly or through allied institutions, will collect and process the following categories of personal data: identification (including image and voice), contact, employment, and those related to your research and/or entrepreneurship project.

Moreover, in order to fulfill the primary and necessary purposes indicated herein, ITESM will not collect or process any sensitive personal data.

In addition, we should like to inform you that ITESM will collect and process the personal data related to identification, contact and employment of the participants in the research and/or entrepreneurship project, testimonials (“Third Parties”), for which you acknowledge having the consent of the aforementioned for ITESM to process their data under the terms of this Privacy Notice.

Primary purposes

ITESM will process your personal information for the following primary and necessary purposes:

• To address, record, and follow up on your request(s) for information.
• To arrange and manage electronic access to the technological infrastructure in order to register your nomination.
• To verify that you meet the nomination requirements of the Call.
• To validate the veracity and quality of the information you provided.
• To carry out the evaluation by the jury of the proposal.
• In case of being selected, to participate in the program that arises from the Call.
• During the event, you could be photographed and/or videorecorded to generate support materials deemed relevant for all the promotional and informative purposes of ITESM and that will be published or distributed in Mexico or abroad through print or electronic media, such as: websites, social networks, brochures and/or advertisements. In addition, we will not associate your name with the photograph or video recording, except in the cases in which you are the exponent of any of the projects selected. The authorization you grant to us, in accordance with the Federal Copyright Law, is voluntary and free of charge. If you have presented your research project during the Congress, to process the recognition and its delivery.
• To keep a historical record of your participation.
• To generate statistics for internal control purposes.
• To include in the Compendium, which could be compiled, your identification data and the summary of the research work.
• If selected, for possible contacts to develop print or digital material to disseminate your contribution to Research and Innovation.

We should like to inform you that you cannot ask ITESM to cease from the treatment of your data for the aforementioned purposes, since such treatment is necessary in order to provide you with the services requested.

Secondary purposes

If you do not object, ITESM will process your personal data for the following additional purposes:

• To send you communications related to various scientific and technological research and entrepreneurship calls from ITESM and/or its allies.

If you wish to restrict or suppress the processing of your personal data for any or all of the secondary purposes, please contact us immediately by email at the following address datospersonales@itesm.mx, indicating:

Your full name and the email in which you receive invitations or communications.

1. Copy of your official ID.
2. The name of this Privacy Notice Rómulo Garza Award for Research and Development.
3. The secondary purpose(s) for which you do not want your data to be processed.
4. If you wish subsequently to limit the use of your data for the secondary purposes, you can follow the abovementioned process or register in the exclusion list for the communications made known to you.

Transfers

In order to fulfill the aforementioned necessary purposes or any others required by law or by the competent authorities, ITESM will only transfer the necessary personal data in the cases provided by law.

ARCO rights and/or revocation of consent

You or your legal representative can exercise any of your rights of access, rectification, cancellation or opposition (hereinafter “ARCO rights”), and revoke your consent for the processing of your personal data by sending an email and following the procedure, requirements, and deadlines for the exercise of your ARCO rights and/or revocation of consent on our webpage: https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento.

Please note that we cannot address your request or terminate use immediately in every case, since a legal obligation could be in place that requires us to continue to process your data.

Options for limiting the use or disclosure of your Personal Data

You can limit the use or disclosure of your personal data by sending your request to: datospersonales@itesm.mx.

Requirements for proof of identity and the procedure for addressing your request will be governed by the same criteria indicated on our webpage: https://tec.mx/es/derechos-arco-yo-revocacion-del-consentimiento. If your request is valid, you will be added to ITESM’s exclusion list.

Use of cookies

ITESM uses several technologies to enhance the efficiency of the Platform, including your browsing experience. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on the browser used by each user that enable the server to remember specific data that can be used later on. This information makes it possible to identify and save your personal preferences in order to offer you a better browsing experience.

The use of cookies and other technologies can be deactivated, disabled or adjusted by following the procedures of the internet browser you are using.

• Select the option “configuration” or tools, according to your browser.
• Select the option deactivate cookies.
• This process disables all the cookies on your browser, but not those from our Platform.

The personal data that can be obtained through the use of these technologies are: Identifiers, session username and passwords, region where you are located, type of browser, type of operating system, date and time of starting and finishing a session, webpages visited, searches completed, and advertising viewed. These technologies can be disabled by following the procedures of the internet browser you are using.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

ITESM reserves the right to modify, change or update this privacy notice at any time. The updated version of this notice is available at https://tec.mx/en/privacy-notices.

Seeks the development of foods that prevent and combat obesity and other comorbidities associated with metabolic syndrome.

What does this unit do?

It selects the varieties of plant, animal, and single-celled species relevant to a diverse, healthy, and sustainable diet. Additionally, the interactions among nutrients and other chemical compounds during food processing, storage, and digestion are validated to design better foods for different populations.

Healthy Food

In Mexico, healthy food production is very variable due to the wide range of climatic conditions and migratory movements that have occurred and continue to occur in the national territory. On the one hand, traditional production systems focus on the diversity of vegetable crops and collecting local fruits and seeds that encourage a diverse diet. On the other hand, in some regions of the country, there is a greater degree of technology to increase the yield and quality of food, advancing the fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goal #2 (SDG 2): zero hunger. Finding a balance in these approaches would move us toward fulfilling SDG 12: Responsible production and consumption.

Your food is your medicine

For centuries, it has been recognized that the consumption of healthy foods has a close relationship with good health in the present and future. Today there is a wealth of scientific evidence supporting the prevention of non-communicable diseases.

Hippocrates' phrase "Let your food be your medicine and your medicine your food" leads to three grand challenges:

1. How to design food for population groups already suffering from certain chronic-degenerative diseases?
2. How to design foods that help prevent these diseases?
3. Understanding the reactions between a food's components and an individual's state of health

Currently, there are advances in understanding nutritional needs and the relevance of consuming antioxidant compounds, immunostimulants, and other beneficial health effects, but further research is required to support each individual to make the best choice based on their habits, customs, traditions, and specific needs. That is one of the challenges of this unit.

Diego Armando Luna Vital
Assistant Research Professor

Study of proteins, bioactive peptides and natural pigments. Development of functional products. Nutrigenomics of foods endemic to Latin America.
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Marilena Antunes Ricardo
Assistant Research Professor

Characterization of phytochemicals in plant matrices for the development of health foods with immunoeoeutical and/or cosmetic potential.
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Anayansi Escalante Aburto
Profesor investigador instructor

Caracterización de alimentos nutracéuticos de origen vegetal. Nutrición, hábitos alimentarios y salud.
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Iván Andrés Luzardo Ocampo
Profesor investigador instructor

Alimentos funcionales basados en cereales y leguminosas. Aproximaciones in vitro, ex vivo, in vivo e in silico para estudiar el efecto de matrices alimenticias y metabolitos en modelos de inflamación y obesidad.