Food availability and food insecurity in households in the state of Tocantins, Northern Brazil

Schott, Eloise; Priore, Sílvia Eloíza; Ribeiro, Andréia Queiróz; Rezende, Fabiane Aparecida Canaan; Franceschini, Sylvia do Carmo Castro

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“…Second, the more severe food insecurity, the less energy contribution from UPF (p < 0.001). The possible reason is the economic restriction, causing food insecure households to have limited access to all foods, including fresh foods and UPF 21 . It has also been mentioned that food-insecure households tend to consume more regional food or available food harvested from their cultivation in the backyard field, such as fruits and vegetables.…”

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“…It has also been mentioned that food-insecure households tend to consume more regional food or available food harvested from their cultivation in the backyard field, such as fruits and vegetables. This condition causes on reducing to purchase of UPF from the market 21 . Third, the more severe food insecurity, the higher energy contribution from UPF (p = 0.002 in children 1-8 years, 0.049 in children 9-18 years, 0.003 in women, and 0.009 in men).…”

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“…The factors that drive high calories contribution from UPF are environmental factors, such as food supply chains (production, storage and distribution, and retail and market) and food security at the community level (accessibility, availability, and purchasing power), and individual factors, including socioeconomic status, food choice motives, and household or individual food security status 18,19 . Some studies found that food security status could affect the energy intake from UPF due to the consideration of preferences, price, and practical reasons 6,20,21 . For instance, households experiencing food insecurity consume more nutritious food since they have the good purchasing power to opt for healthy and nutritious foods that tend to be costly.…”

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Ultra-Processed Food can be a Mediator between Food Security Status and Overweight or Obesity among Adults: A Literature Review

Faza

Bafani²,

Fikha³

2023

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Background: The ultra-processed food (UPF) contributed 20-85% of total daily calories. The consumption of UPF can be triggered by food security status. Many studies revealed that UPF consumption has a direct negative impact on health, mainly in overweight and obesity. Objectives: To review published studies assessing food security, UPF consumption, and overweight or obesity and find the possible links between those three factors. Methods: A literature review of scientific articles about food security, UPF consumption, and overweight or obesity, selected systematically according to the PRISMA Diagram. All articles were gathered through medical search engines, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus, from December 2021 to February 2022. The bias risk of each selected paper was assessed using the checklist from The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal. Peer review and group discussions were performed to assess the quality of all articles gathered as objectively as possible using the STROBE Checklist. A narrative synthesis approach was opted to unify all findings across included studies systematically. Results: Nineteen (19) scientific published papers were filtered. The association between food security status and UPF consumption showed inconsistent findings. However, UPF consumption revealed a consistent association with overweight/obesity, where the higher the UPF intake, the greater odds of being overweight/obese. The relationship between food security status and overweight or obesity tended to have a similar pattern. In high-income countries, the association was negative (the more food insecure, the higher overweight or obesity), while in low- and middle-income countries showed the opposite. The pathway could be: (1) food-insecure adults have higher UPF intake, hence gaining body weight, or (2) food-secure adults have higher UPF intake, hence gaining body weight. Conclusions: UPF consumption is indicated as a potential mediator for food security status and nutritional status (overweight/obesity) through two pathways involving socio-demographic factors, psychological factors, social protections, and food choice motives.

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Disponibilidade, acesso percebido e insegurança alimentar em domicílios de escolares de dois municípios de Minas Gerais na pandemia de COVID-19

Santos¹,

Rodrigues²,

Camargo³

et al. 2023

Segur. Aliment. Nutr.

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Introdução: O contexto pandêmico tem implicações diretas na situação de segurança alimentar e nutricional atual e futura, assim é urgente avaliar a situação da insegurança alimentar em suas diferentes dimensões. Há poucos estudos que avaliam conjuntamente segurança alimentar, disponibilidade e acesso aos alimentos. Objetivo: Descrever a disponibilidade alimentar domiciliar e o acesso percebido aos alimentos segundo a situação de insegurança alimentar em domicílios de escolares na pandemia de COVID-19. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com amostra representativa de domicílios de escolares da educação infantil e ensino fundamental de escolas públicas de Mariana e Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. Os dados foram coletados na fase inicial da pandemia, “junho e julho de 2020”, por meio de entrevistas telefônicas com os responsáveis por comprar e/ou preparar os alimentos nos domicílios. Investigou-se condições socioeconômicas, acesso percebido aos alimentos, disponibilidade alimentar domiciliar e insegurança alimentar, esta avaliada por meio da Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar. Resultados: Dos 612 domicílios investigados, 82,0% estavam em situação de insegurança alimentar, sendo 11,3% em insegurança moderada e 5,1% em insegurança grave. Foi observada relação entre disponibilidade de frutas, hortaliças, leite, carnes e ovos com a insegurança alimentar, bem como com a percepção de dificuldade no acesso a frutas e hortaliças. Discussão: A situação de insegurança alimentar enfrentada pelos domicílios relaciona-se com menor disponibilidade de alimentos importantes para o desenvolvimento dos escolares, ademais as famílias depararam com inacessibilidade para adquirir frutas e hortaliças.

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Luz

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Within the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, large hydropower dams are positioned as a sustainable energy source, notwithstanding their adverse impacts on societies and ecosystems. This study contributed to ongoing discussions about the persistence of critical social issues, even after the investments of large amounts of resources in areas impacted by the construction of large hydropower dams. Our study focused on food insecurity and evaluated this issue in the city of Altamira in the Brazilian Amazon, which has been profoundly socially and economically impacted by the construction, between 2011 and 2015, of Brazil’s second-largest dam, namely, Belo Monte. A survey in Altamira city featured a 500-household random sample. Structural equation modeling showed conditioning factors of 60% of the population experiencing varying food insecurity degrees. Poverty, female-led households, lower education, youth, and unemployment were strongly linked to higher food insecurity. Crowded, officially impacted, and resettled households also faced heightened food insecurity. Our findings underscore the food insecurity conditions in the region impacted by the Belo Monte dam, emphasizing the need to take into account this crucial issue while planning and implementing hydropower dams.

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Food availability and food insecurity in households in the state of Tocantins, Northern Brazil

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Ultra-Processed Food can be a Mediator between Food Security Status and Overweight or Obesity among Adults: A Literature Review

Ultra-Processed Food can be a Mediator between Food Security Status and Overweight or Obesity among Adults: A Literature Review

Disponibilidade, acesso percebido e insegurança alimentar em domicílios de escolares de dois municípios de Minas Gerais na pandemia de COVID-19

Poverty–Food Insecurity Nexus in the Post-Construction Context of a Large Hydropower Dam in the Brazilian Amazon

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