Food insecurity and malnutrition in older adults from the Family Health Strategy in the Northeast of Brazil

Pereira, Marlus Henrique Queiroz; Pereira, Maria Luiza Amorim Sena; Teles, Bruno Klécius Andrade; Pereira, Débora dos Santos; Campos, Glaucia Cristina de; Molina, Maria del Carmen Bisi

doi:10.37527/2022.72.4.005

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“…Membership of clusters, in terms of food insecurity and nutritional risk, was not impacted by gender, education, self-reported health, BMI, and the presence of metabolic disease. However, the results of other studies confirm the link between food insecurity, malnutrition, and some of these characteristics, including gender [ 27 , 58 , 59 , 60 ], education [ 57 , 60 ], and body mass index [ 60 ]. At the same time, it should be noted that these results mainly come from developing countries such as Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, or Malaysia [ 27 , 57 , 58 , 60 ] and women, people with a lower education status, and those with a lower body mass index, experience both food insecurity and malnutrition.…”

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“…However, the results of other studies confirm the link between food insecurity, malnutrition, and some of these characteristics, including gender [ 27 , 58 , 59 , 60 ], education [ 57 , 60 ], and body mass index [ 60 ]. At the same time, it should be noted that these results mainly come from developing countries such as Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, or Malaysia [ 27 , 57 , 58 , 60 ] and women, people with a lower education status, and those with a lower body mass index, experience both food insecurity and malnutrition. The lack of consistency across the results of this study compared with previous studies on malnutrition and food insecurity can be explained in two ways.…”

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“…Many studies to date have shown a link between food insecurity and poorer diet quality [ 26 , 27 ], as well as between food insecurity, nutritional disorders, and the incidence of malnutrition [ 27 , 28 , 29 , 57 ]. Nutritional risks refer to factors associated with the reduced quantity or improper quality of food consumed.…”

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“…The relationship between food security and diet quality [ 26 , 27 ], and between food security, nutritional status, the incidence of malnutrition [ 27 , 28 , 29 ], and chronic diseases (diet-related) [ 30 , 31 , 32 ] have been already confirmed. In addition, global research has identified factors affecting food security for the elderly.…”

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“…As mentioned earlier, previous research assessed the relationship between food security, nutrition, and diet quality [ 26 , 27 ], as well as food security, nutritional status, and the incidence of malnutrition [ 27 , 28 , 29 ], in addition to chronic diseases (diet-related) [ 30 , 31 , 32 ]. However, no studies explored the relationship between food security and nutritional risk which can lead to the loss or deterioration of health if it is not addressed in time [ 53 ].…”

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Relationship between Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk among Older Adults in Poland—A Preliminary Study

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Jeżewska-Zychowicz

2023

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Aging populations may be associated with increased nutritional risk, malnutrition, and food insecurity. This study aims to examine the relationship between food insecurity and nutritional risk, taking into account selected characteristics of the study group, and factors describing nutritional risk. It was conducted between May and July 2021, among 417 people aged 60 and older, in two regions of Poland. Questions from the SCREEN-14 questionnaire were used to assess nutritional risk. Selected questions from the HFSS questionnaire (U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module) concerning the elderly were used to assess food insecurity. A K-means cluster analysis was used to separate homogeneous clusters into food security indicators and nutritional risk factors. The Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal–Wallis test were used to compare mean values between groups, and the Chi-square test was used to verify the differences. Two clusters were distinguished: I—“low food security and high nutritional risk” and II—“high food security and low nutritional risk”. Cluster I included people aged 60–65, and over 75, living in urban areas, living alone or with family, with unfavorable economic situations and family relationships. Cluster II was composed of people aged 71–75, who were rural residents, living with a partner, with favorable economic situations and family relations. The vast majority of nutritional risk factors were found in Cluster I and among those at high nutritional risk. The largest number of people were affected by such nutritional risk factors such as difficulty in chewing or biting, loss in appetite, skipping meals, and perceiving one’s weight as abnormal. Moreover, the group of people most significantly affected by high nutritional risk were in unfavorable economic situations, had poor family relationships, lived alone or with family, rated their health as worse than their peers, were overweight and obese, had metabolic disease, or impeding mobility. The results obtained can be applied to the planning of social and health policies for the elderly in Poland.

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Relationship between Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk among Older Adults in Poland—A Preliminary Study

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Jeżewska-Zychowicz

2023

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Relationship Between Food Insecurity for Variable Reasons, Physical Activity and Selected Health Situations Among Older Adults in Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study

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2023

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Background. As humans age, their level of physical activity declines, and the incidence of health problems and disability increases. In addition, the elderly experience food insecurity. The aim of the study was to establish the relationship between food insecurity for variable reasons, the level of physical activity and the incidence of metabolic diseases and those leading to loss of mobility. The study was conducted among 760 people aged 65 and older in late 2018 and early 2019 in two regions of Poland. Questions on food security were adapted based on the HFSS questionnaire and those on demographic characteristics, physical activity and selected health situations from the KomPAN questionnaire. Reasons for food insecurity were identified based on a principal component analysis (PCA). Ward's hierarchical classification of variables and logistic regression analysis were used to assess the relationship between variables. A chisquare test was used to verify differences between variables. A value of p < 0.05 was considered the threshold for significance. Results and conclusion. Based on the PCA analysis, two factors were identified to describe the reasons for food insecurity. The first factor was termed „economic-social‟ reasons and the second one „spatial-health‟ reasons. The first factor was associated with moderate or high physical activity, a health situation that was the same as or better than that of a person‟s peers, a normal body weight or lower prevalence of obesity and the absence of metabolic diseases and diseases that lead to loss of mobility. The second factor was associated with low or moderate physical activity, a health situation that was the same as or worse than that of a person‟s peers, being overweight or obese, having at least one metabolic disease and having diseases leading to loss of mobility. The study confirmed that the „economic-social‟ reason for food insecurity is more prominent in people with a higher level of physical activity and better health, while the „spatial-health‟ reason is more prominent in people with a lower level of physical activity and poorer health.

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Benefit and Economic Impact of Food Security in Ecuador

GABRIEL DE JESÚS NEIRA-VERA et al.

2023

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A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variables Food Security, Economic Impact, to determine the benefits and impacts in the country of Ecuador. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 201 7-2022, achieving the identification of 256 publications. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors towards the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that Brazil, with 109 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions in that country. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material referring to the study of Food Security, Economic Impact, was Agricultural and Biological Sciences with 121 published documents, and the Type of Publication most used during the period indicated above wasthe Articles with 76% of the total scientific production.

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Food insecurity and malnutrition in older adults from the Family Health Strategy in the Northeast of Brazil

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Relationship between Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk among Older Adults in Poland—A Preliminary Study

Relationship between Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk among Older Adults in Poland—A Preliminary Study

Relationship Between Food Insecurity for Variable Reasons, Physical Activity and Selected Health Situations Among Older Adults in Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study

Benefit and Economic Impact of Food Security in Ecuador

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