Hunger and its associated factors in the western Brazilian Amazon: a population-based study

Autor:	Mayline Menezes da Mata, José Anael Neves, Maria Angélica Tavares de Medeiros
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Food and nutritional security Nutrition programs and policies: nutritional epidemiology Social inequality Nutritional surveys Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases RC620-627 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Zdroj:	Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2072-1315
DOI:	10.1186/s41043-022-00319-5
Popis:	Abstract Background Hunger affects millions of people worldwide. In the current pandemic scenario of coronavirus Brazil has experienced an epidemic peak of hunger, amplifying existing prepandemic vulnerabilities, mainly in the North Region of the country. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and its associated factors in homes with children under 5 years of age in an urban area of a municipality of the western Brazilian Amazon. Methods A household survey was conducted with a probabilistic sample of 557 children and their families. Food insecurity (FI) was determined using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Associations between variables were analyzed based on the prevalence ratio (PR) and respective 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated through multiple Poisson regression analysis. Variables with a P value
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