Insegurança alimentar das famílias residentes em municípios do interior do estado da Paraíba, Brasil

Food insecurity and nutritional status of individuals in a socially vulnerable situation in Brazil

“…This result was expected because food insecurity is intrinsically related to income, since FI scales measure the level of food restriction quantitatively and qualitatively, especially caused by income limitation 25,26 . Educational level results show a similar pattern, considering that educational level is a proxy for income 18 .…”

Insegurança alimentar no Brasil segundo diferentes cenários sociodemográficos

“…O controle adequado das variáveis de confundimento foi conduzido em nove estudos 11,18,26,28,33,35,[37][38][39] . Considerando o conjunto desses estudos, a menor renda familiar 11,26,35,37,39 , a maior quantidade de indivíduos no domicílio 18,35 e o tipo de moradia precária 37,39 foram as condições que se associaram à insegurança alimentar familiar em no mínimo dois.…”

“…A significância das diferenças (p < 0,05) entre as frequências encontradas foi verificada por meio do teste Qui-quadrado. 35 de oito estudos [15][16][17]19,35,[39][40][41] ) e o abastecimento de água no domicílio (um 39 de nove estudos [15][16][17]19,26,35,[39][40][41] ) foram outras variáveis que, também, mostraram-se associadas, nas análises bivariadas, à insegurança alimentar familiar.…”

Association of socioeconomic, labor and health variables related to Food Insecurity in workers of the Popular Restaurants in the city of Rio de Janeiro

“…Although the study population consists of formally employed individuals, 31.8% reported not having enough money to eat appropriately, and of these, 68.6% reported being food insecure, indicating inadequate income. Almost half (45.3%) of the urban population of cities in Paraiba 20 reported not having enough money to buy food. Santos et al 19 found almost a tenfold prevalence (27.7%) of food insecurity in families receiving less than two minimum salaries compared with families receiving four or more minimum salaries (2.8%).…”