“…Moreover, government support for social participation was withdrawn, even though it was a central pillar of public policy formulation in Brazil since the redemocratization in 1985. The dissolution of the Food and Nutrition Security National Council (Consea) in early 2019 is an example of this governmental abandonment to social participation, as it was the intersectoral body responsible for advising the presidency on the fight against hunger and monitoring, planning, and evaluating food security and nutrition policies 6,15,16 .…”