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Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Undergraduates may face challenges to assure food security, related to economic and mental distress, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess food insecurity and its associated factors in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online cross-sectional study was cond...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8780004/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35057539 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14020358 |
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author | 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 da Silva, Tiago Feitosa Martins, Fernanda Andrade Dalamaria, Tatiane Santos, Thanise Sabrina Souza Höfelmann, Doroteia Aparecida Crispim, Sandra Patricia Slater, Betzabeth Ramalho, Alanderson Alves Marchioni, Dirce Maria |
author_facet | 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 da Silva, Tiago Feitosa Martins, Fernanda Andrade Dalamaria, Tatiane Santos, Thanise Sabrina Souza Höfelmann, Doroteia Aparecida Crispim, Sandra Patricia Slater, Betzabeth Ramalho, Alanderson Alves Marchioni, Dirce Maria |
author_sort | Maciel, Bruna Leal Lima |
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description | Undergraduates may face challenges to assure food security, related to economic and mental distress, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess food insecurity and its associated factors in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2020 to February 2021 with 4775 undergraduates from all Brazilian regions. The questionnaire contained socio-economic variables, the validated Brazilian food insecurity scale, and the ESQUADA scale to assess diet quality. The median age of the students was 22.0 years, and 48.0% reported income decreasing with the pandemic. Food insecurity was present in 38.6% of the students, 4.5% with severe food insecurity and 7.7% moderate. Logistic regressions showed students with brown and black skin color/race presented the highest OR for food insecurity; both income and weight increase or reduction during the pandemic was also associated with a higher OR for food insecurity, and better diet quality was associated with decreased OR for food insecurity. Our study showed a considerable presence of food insecurity in undergraduates. Policy for this population must be directed to the most vulnerable: those with brown and black skin color/race, who changed income during the pandemic, and those presented with difficulties maintaining weight and with poor diet quality. |
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spelling | pubmed-87800042022-01-22 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 da Silva, Tiago Feitosa Martins, Fernanda Andrade Dalamaria, Tatiane Santos, Thanise Sabrina Souza Höfelmann, Doroteia Aparecida Crispim, Sandra Patricia Slater, Betzabeth Ramalho, Alanderson Alves Marchioni, Dirce Maria Nutrients Article Undergraduates may face challenges to assure food security, related to economic and mental distress, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess food insecurity and its associated factors in undergraduates during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2020 to February 2021 with 4775 undergraduates from all Brazilian regions. The questionnaire contained socio-economic variables, the validated Brazilian food insecurity scale, and the ESQUADA scale to assess diet quality. The median age of the students was 22.0 years, and 48.0% reported income decreasing with the pandemic. Food insecurity was present in 38.6% of the students, 4.5% with severe food insecurity and 7.7% moderate. Logistic regressions showed students with brown and black skin color/race presented the highest OR for food insecurity; both income and weight increase or reduction during the pandemic was also associated with a higher OR for food insecurity, and better diet quality was associated with decreased OR for food insecurity. Our study showed a considerable presence of food insecurity in undergraduates. Policy for this population must be directed to the most vulnerable: those with brown and black skin color/race, who changed income during the pandemic, and those presented with difficulties maintaining weight and with poor diet quality. MDPI 2022-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8780004/ /pubmed/35057539 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14020358 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article 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 da Silva, Tiago Feitosa Martins, Fernanda Andrade Dalamaria, Tatiane Santos, Thanise Sabrina Souza Höfelmann, Doroteia Aparecida Crispim, Sandra Patricia Slater, Betzabeth Ramalho, Alanderson Alves Marchioni, Dirce Maria Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Food Insecurity and Associated Factors in Brazilian Undergraduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | food insecurity and associated factors in brazilian undergraduates during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8780004/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35057539 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14020358 |
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