Nutritional indicators of food and nutrition security of families: 2008/2009 Household Budget Survey

• Autor(a) principal: MORAIS, Dayane de Castro
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: RODRIGUES, Cristiana Tristão, RIBEIRO, Andreia Queiroz, FRANCESCHINI, Sylvia do Carmo Castro, PRIORE, Silvia Eloiza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/10217
• topic: Eating; Food security; Household and family; Nutritional status; Ingestão de alimentos; Segurança alimentar; Família e domicílio; Estado nutricional

ObjectiveTo evaluate the food and nutrition insecurity of Brazilian families, according to indicators of food consumption and nutritional status, by location and situation of the households investigated using the 2008/2009 Household Budget Survey.MethodsInadequate consumption of macronutrients and nutritional dystrophies (underweight, short stature or overweight) in at least one family member were used as indicators, according to location and geographical situation of households. The prevalence of food and nutritional insecurity and their confidence intervals were calculated.ResultsFood consumption was assessed in a total of 13,569 households; a total of 67.55%, 43.96% and 6.85% revealed inadequacy for lipids, carbohydrates and proteins, respectively. Among the 53,640 households assessed by nutritional status, 15.10%, 35.15% and 45.50% had, at least one resident with low weight, short stature or overweight respectively. The Northeastern Regionshowed statistically higher prevalence than other Brazilian macro-regions for inadequate lipids (24.88%) and carbohydrates (15.32%), as well as for the presence of underweight (6.15%), overweight (14.77%) and short stature (15.17%), in at least one of the residents of the household.ConclusionAssessing the nutritional aspect of food insecurity allows for a better understanding of the dimensions of this situation by considering the effects of access and availability of food, as well as biological use and stability, based on indicators of inadequate food consumption and the presence of nutritional dystrophy. The results found in this study enhance the need to include nutritional indicators in the assessment of food security.