Food poverty among children aged 6-59 months in Brazil: results from the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the prevalence of food poverty according to dimensions of socio-economic inequality and the food groups consumed by Brazilian children.

Design

Dietary data from a structured qualitative questionnaire collected by the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019) were used. The new UNICEF indicator classified children who consumed 3-4 and <3 out of the eight food groups as living in moderate and severe food poverty, respectively. The prevalence of consumption of each food group and ultra-processed foods (UPF) was estimated by level of food poverty according to age categories (6-23; 24-59 months). The most frequent combinations of food groups consumed by children living in severe food poverty were calculated. Prevalence of levels of food pover

SUBMITTER: Carneiro LBV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11504526 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature