Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Maciel, Bruna Leal Lima; Lyra, Clélia de Oliveira; Gomes, Jéssica Raissa Carlos; Rolim, Priscilla Moura; Gorgulho, Bartira Mendes; Nogueira, Patrícia Simone; Rodrigues, Paulo Rogério Melo; Silva, Tiago Feitosa da; Martins, Fernanda Andrade; Dalamaria, Tatiane; Santos, Thanise Sabrina Souza; Höfelmann, Dorotéia Aparecida; Crispim, Sandra Patrícia; Slater, Betzabeth; Ramalho, Alanderson Alves; Marchioni, Dirce Maria Lobo

doi:10.3390/nu14020358

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“…Stress and depression were indeed a variable that causes food insecurity among students in a university [23]. This also happened to undergraduate students in Brazil [24]. However, other studies (meta-analysis) found the opposite relationship; food insecurity caused a person to experience stress and depression [25].…”

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Food security and sociodemographic factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Ashari

Edwin²,

Suryani

et al. 2022

IJPHS

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<p>The condition of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the government implementing the large-scale social restrictions regulation. It was implemented to overcome the spread of COVID-19 and also have an impact on community food security. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine socio-demographic factors and food security among communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. A total of 1,017 respondents involved in this rapid online survey. The result of this study found the strong factors related to food security were having stress or depression, poor dietary habits, and living alone. Furthermore, the low factors found such as being a female, unemployed, and living in Java Island. The government should give intervention for communities that got stressed, have poor dietary habits, and those who live alone without family during pandemic COVID-19.</p>

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Food security and sociodemographic factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Ashari

Edwin²,

Suryani

et al. 2022

IJPHS

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“…Studies have shown that no less than 20 to 30 % of students gained weight during the pandemic (30,31,58,67,69) , and this was related to factors such as the male gender (33,35,50,68) , increased intake of refined carbohydrates, alcohol, fats, and take away foods (32) , increased snacking (32) , reduced sleep quality (65) , delay in meal-timing (65) , low levels of physical activity (52,65,66,67) , and food insecurity (38) . COVID-19 pandemic affected the students' abilities to attain food and increased the prevalence of food insecurity among this population (36,37,38,39,40,41,42) , with over 30% of students being food insecure in the U.S. (38,39,41) , Brazil (42) , Thailand (74) , and Australia (75) . Factors that predicted food insecurity among college students during the pandemic included loss or reduction of employment, receipt of financial aid, furlough, alterations in living arrangements and housing status, lower cooking self-efficacy, consumption of more take-out or fast food, low diet quality, pre-COVID-19 financial status, the non-White ethnicity, and closure of college campuses (38,39,40,41,42,74) .…”

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“…Nevertheless, findings from various longitudinal studies also confirmed a significant increase in body weight of college students during the pandemic (48,54,66,70) and a decrease in diet quality (54,55) . Another limitation is the use of self-reported measures, in most of the studies, to assess and determine changes in diet quality (31,32,55,60) , dietary habits (32,50,51,60) , and body weight (30,31,32,33,34,35,48,52,58,65,67,68,69) along https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114522002604 Published online by Cambridge University Press with the prevalence of food insecurity (36,38,39,40,41,42,43,74,75) . When it comes to diet, for instance, most investigations relied on one survey administered at one-time point to measure intake during the pandemic and compare it retrospectively with pre-pandemic times, which may possibly be subjected to recall bias (31,50,55) .…”

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“…Table 2 displays the prevalence of food insecurity during the early phase of the pandemic. In studies conducted in the U.S. (38,39,41,43) , Brazil (42) , Thailand (74) , and Australia (75) , over 30% of students were food insecure. Mialki et al (39) denoted that 59.6% of students became less food secure due to the pandemic in the United States.…”

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“…The pandemic unfavorably modified the college students' lifestyles further and thus rendered them more susceptible to weight gain especially during the lockdown periods (30,31,32,33,34,35) . Additionally, research suggests that college students were at high risk of becoming food insecure during the pandemic due to factors such as loss of employment, ineligibility to governmental economic relief efforts, and alterations in living arrangements and housing status (36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43) . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114522002604 Published online by Cambridge University Press…”

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Effect of COVID-19 outbreak on the diet, body weight and food security status of students of higher education: a systematic review

Jehi

Khan²,

Halawani³

et al. 2022

Br J Nutr

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The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted college students’ lifestyles and placed them at a greater risk of obesity and food insecurity. The purpose of the systematic review was to consolidate evidence for the effect of Covid-19 on students’ dietary quality, dietary habits, body weight, and food security status. A comprehensive literature search was conducted utilizing various databases including Google Scholar, MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, Embase, and Scopus to identify relevant studies. To be incorporated in this review, studies had to include higher education students, measure the prevalence of food insecurity, and assess the dietary and body weight changes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The studies showed that the diet quality of college students was compromised during the pandemic in many nations due to the decrease in the intake of whole grains, dairy products, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables and the increase in consumption of alcohol, confectionery products, and refined grains. There was an increase in the frequency of cooking, binge eating, breakfast skipping, and unhealthy snacking. These modifications, in return, were associated with body weight changes, with no less than 20 to 30 % of students gaining weight during the pandemic. The pandemic also impacted food security status of students, with over 30% being food insecure worldwide. The Covid-19 outbreak has exacerbated the students’ diet quality and dietary habits and placed them under high risk of weight gain and food insecurity. Higher education institutions and governments should improve students’ access to nutritious foods and incorporate nutrition education interventions in the curricula.

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“The hysteria of a little flu”: effects of COVID-19 on HEIs in Brazil

Bento

2022

High Educ

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This essay will look at the key challenges public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) faced in Brazil during the COVID-19 lockdown. The pandemic led universities to close their campuses and adopt an online interface for academic activities. However, many of these institutions do not have the technological infrastructure for such, nor did the staff and students who suffered further social exclusions. The president of Brazil referred to the pandemic as a “little flue” and later on responded to measures adopting the lockdown as a “hysteric” act that “will lead to an economic crash”. Considering the lack of support from the government and the process of dismantling resources for public HE since the beginning of the new presidency elected in 2018, the COVID-19 lockdown quickly revealed the institutional racism, elitism and ableism evident in this administration’s agenda. The consequence of the agenda is the cuts on research funds and lack of infrastructure to provide online classes, as examples of the severe policies that promote the erasure of marginalised groups. Such policies follow Sylvia Wynter’s “Argument”, revealing a code of symbolic life and death of how human order organises itself through the coloniality of power/being. In order to show how such symbolic code is engraved in the Brazilian educational system, this study explores narratives of staff and students from three universities per region of Brazil to identify how the colonial legacies are correlated with postulates of power in the Brazilian HEIs setting during the pandemic. The paper discusses the challenges experienced while keeping the HE sector active during a pandemic that the government has belittled. The conclusions advocate for organised strategies at the union and social movements level to dismantle the colonial occupation put in place in the foundation of the HEIs and reinforced by the current necropolitical administration.

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Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 8 publications

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Food security and sociodemographic factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Food security and sociodemographic factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Effect of COVID-19 outbreak on the diet, body weight and food security status of students of higher education: a systematic review

“The hysteria of a little flu”: effects of COVID-19 on HEIs in Brazil

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