The Mexican Society of Public Health participates as advisor to the Federal Health Secretary, in the implementation of health policies and programs. It is made by various associations and state societies of public health, that's why is considered one of the most important forums within the mexican public health.

The work entitled "The family history of chronic diseases in Mexico: public health genomics tools"  consists of a quantitative study of the statistical analysis of the National Health Survey 2000, and aims to assess the association of type 2 diabetes (DT2), systemic arterial hypertension (HAS), overweight and obesity, family history into its various components (father mother or both), in the adult population and more than twenty years in Mexico.

The analysis in this study shows that within  the Mexican population there is the legacy of yet unknown genetic factors in the development of metabolic diseases (DT2, HAS, and obesity) of epidemiological importance.