The research on food security was carried out in 155 families in the rural sector in Chimborazo. The problem identified was food insecurity, which responds to problems of availability, access, use, stability of food supply and institutionalism. These problems were evidenced in social, economic and cultural indicators, but above all, in health indicators of the population in general and of vulnerable groups in particular, such as deficiency in consumption and use of food and their respective consequences.