Insegurança alimentar, consumo alimentar e estado nutricional de mulheres beneficiadas pelo Programa Bolsa Família

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of food insecurity in women benefiting from the Bolsa Familia program, relating to food consumption, nutritional status and socioeconomic status. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study with 201 women. Food insecurity was evaluated by the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Food consumption by the food consumption markers, the socioeconomic class by the Brazilian Economic Classification Criteria and the nutritional status by the body mass index. Results: The mean age was 37.92±10.39 years. The sample presented 91.5% of food insecurity, 61.1% of excess weight and 75.1% were of low socioeconomic class. A high consumption of sweetened beverages (67.2%), vegetables/greens (74.6%) and beans (77.4%) was observed. The highest prevalence of food insecurity are in the D-E classes and levels of food insecurity decrease as the socioeconomic class increases (p=0.009). Food security was related to fruit consumption and the habit of having breakfast. Overweight had a higher prevalence in moderate food insecurity (47.4%). Conclusions: Women of the Bolsa Familia program presented high food insecurity related to overweight.