Food (Un)security and associated factors in pregnant women assisted by the bolsa família program

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Thayná de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Noronha, Amanda Alves, Dutra, Vivian Vieira da Silva, Costa, Renata Oliveira Messina, Ferreira, Eric Batista, Lima, Daniela Braga, Alves, Cristina Garcia Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/san/article/view/8664290
• topic: Segurança alimentar; Gestantes; Ingestão alimentar; Saúde pública; Pregnant women; food intake; Food security; Public health surveillance; salud pública; Seguridad alimentaria; Embarazadas; La ingesta de alimentos

Pregnancy is a natural process that involves bodily and behavioral changes, impacting the nutritional needs of pregnant women, which can reflect on nutritional status. The Bolsa Família Program (PBF) is aimed at families in poverty and extreme poverty through income transfer. Despite this program that assists in guaranteeing food security, food insecurity is frequent in most beneficiaries. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of food security and the associated factors in pregnant women benefiting from the PBF in the municipality of Alfenas – MG. This research is a descriptive, sectional study. Of the 22 pregnant women participating in the study, registered in Family Health Units in the municipality of Alfenas, Minas Gerais, 77% were in food insecurity. It was found that 63.5% were overweight and only 27.2% were overweight for gestational age. Beans, vegetables, soft drinks or artificial juice and milk were the most frequently consumed foods. A high prevalence of food insecurity and inadequate nutritional status was found, demonstrating the need for measures to promote food security.