Food and nutrition (in)security: development of an indicator of the problem and experimentation in families of Paraíba, Brazil

Abstract

Despite efforts, there are still no methods that can assess the food (in) security throughout its length. Thus, the purpose of this article is to propose and implement complementary measure levels of household food (in) security with the implementation of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Measuring the severity of food insecurity possible to identify, among individuals with food insecurity, those who are more vulnerable.

Food insecurity; Health status; Social conditions