OBJECTIVE To propose a short version of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale.METHODS Two samples were used to test the results obtained in the analyses in two distinct scenarios. One of the studies was composed of 230 low income families from Pelotas, RS, Southern Brazil, and the other was composed of 15,575 women, whose data were obtained from the 2006 National Survey on Demography and Health. Two models were tested, the first containing seven questions, and the second, the five questions that were considered the most relevant ones in the concordance analysis. The models were compared to the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale, and the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy parameters were calculated, as well as the kappa agreement test.RESULTS Comparing the prevalence of food insecurity between the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale and the two models, the differences were around 2 percentage points. In the sensitivity analysis, the short version of seven questions obtained 97.8% and 99.5% in the Pelotas sample and in the National Survey on Demography and Health sample, respectively, while specificity was 100% in both studies. The five-question model showed similar results (sensitivity of 95.7% and 99.5% in the Pelotas sample and in the National Survey on Demography and Health sample, respectively). In the Pelotas sample, the kappa test of the seven-question version totaled 97.0% and that of the five-question version, 95.0%. In the National Survey on Demography and Health sample, the two models presented a 99.0% kappa.CONCLUSIONS We suggest that the model with five questions should be used as the short version of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale, as its results were similar to the original scale with a lower number of questions. This version needs to be administered to other populations in Brazil in order to allow for the adequate assessment of the validity parameters.
Street market in the south of Brazil: Food and Nutrition Security under perspective C a m i l a I r i g o n h é R a m o s D e n i s e P e t r u c c i G i g a n t e E l i a n a G o m e s B e n d e r I n a ê D u t r a V a l é r i o Universidade Federal de Pelotas -Pelotas -Rio Grande Do Sul -BrasilResumo: Dado a importância de se conhecer a disponibilidade e o consumo de frutas, legumes e vegetais, o presente trabalho objetivou caracterizar as feiraslivres, os feirantes e os alimentos comercializados na cidade de Pelotas/RS. Tratase de um estudo transversal realizados com todos os feirantes que comercializavam frutas, vegetais e/ou verduras na cidade de Pelotas. A coleta ocorreu entre fevereiro a agosto de 2014 e incluiu produtores e revendedores advindos de feiras convencionais e ecológicas. Dos 37 locais de feiras, 34 eram convencionais (92%) e três (8%) eram ecológicas. Quanto ao local de permanência das feiras, 80% se dava na zona central da cidade (81%). Em relação aos 125 comercializantes participantes, a maioria era do sexo masculino (65%), com idade maior que 60 anos (26%), cor de pele branca (98%) e com baixo nível escolar (entre 5 a 8 anos) (44%). A maior parte dos legumes e verduras, como alface (34%) e abóbora (29%), eram produzida pelos feirantes, todavia alimentos consumidos no dia a dia, como batata rosa (34%) e cebola (34%), eram, na maior parte dos casos, revendidos. Constatou-se que a maior disponibilidade dos produtos advindos das feiras se dá na zona central da cidade, distanciando o acesso ao produto da população que vive em distritos mais afastados. É preciso que ações legislativas por parte do município sejam feitas para incentivar a manutenção, a permanência e a propagação das feiras livres ao redor da cidade. Palavras-chave:Segurança alimentar e Nutricional. Agricultura. Comércio. Abstract: Given the importance of knowing the availability and consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables, the present study aimed to characterize the street market, the market workers and the foods commercialized at city of Pelotas in the South of Brazil. A cross-sectional study of all the marketers selling fruits, vegetables or vegetables in the city of Pelotas were enrolled between February and August of 2014 and included producers and resellers from conventional and organic fairs. Of the total of 37 fairgrounds included, 34 were conventional (92%) and three (8%) were ecological. About de location, 80% was in the central part of the city (81%). Among the 125 participating marketers, the majority were male (65%), older than 60 years (26%), white skin color (98%) and low school level (between 5 and 8 years old) (44%). Most of the vegetables, such as lettuce (34%) and pumpkin (29%), were produced by farmers, but foods consumed daily, such as potatoes (34%) and onions (34%) were, in most cases, resold. It was verified that the greater availability of the products coming from the fairs occurs in the central zone of the city, distancing the access to the product of the population that lives in more distant dist...
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