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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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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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
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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/).
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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
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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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