SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.26 número3Nonnutritive sweeteners in Brazil: current use and associated factorsO que adolescentes brasileiros fisicamente ativos sabem sobre frutas e hortaliças? Conhecimento nutricional e fatores associados - Estudo Fitfood índice de autoresíndice de assuntospesquisa de artigos
Home Pagelista alfabética de periódicos  

Journal of Human Growth and Development

versão impressa ISSN 0104-1282versão On-line ISSN 2175-3598

Resumo

RAMALHO, Alanderson Alves et al. Food insecurity in families with children under five years of age on the Brazil-Peru Amazon border. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.3, pp. 307-315. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.122761.

Food and nutrition security is the regular and permanent access to quality food in sufficient quantity. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with food insecurity in households with children under five in the Amazon frontier Brazil - Peru. The study was conducted in 352 households in Assis Brasil (Brazil) and 89 households Iñapari (Peru), finding a prevalence of food insecurity of 40.6 % and 38.2 % , respectively ( p = 0.856 ) . In Assis Brasil, having domicile with wood floors or land increased by 2.47 times the odds of food insecurity compared to cement floors, ceramic or quarry tiles . Belonging to the poorest tertile increased the chance of food insecurity in 6.04 times ( p < 0.001 ), and the increment of each new resident increased by 37 % the chance of food insecurity in the household . In Iñapari, only living in house made of wood or with a wood floor was associated with food insecurity, showing that income is still the main factor associated with food insecurity in the Amazonian borders.

Palavras-chave : food security; border health; hunger.

        · resumo em Português     · texto em Inglês     · Português ( pdf ) | Inglês ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License