Food insecurity among families with infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) among families with infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors in Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in Brazil.

Methods

Data from two survey rounds of the Iracema-COVID cohort study collected at 12 (n = 325) and 18 months (n = 331) after birth. FI was measured using the Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Scale. FI levels were described according to potential predictors. Crude and adjusted logistic regressions with robust variance were used to assess factors associated with FI.

Results

In the 12- and 18-month follow-ups interviews, there was a 66.5% and 57.1% prevalence of FI, respectively. Over the study period, 3.5% of the families persisted in severe FI and 27.4% in mild/moderate FI.

SUBMITTER: Farias-Antunez S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985700 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature