FOOD INSECURITY IN THE ELDERLY OBSERVED FROM THE NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SAMPLE SURVEY - PNAD

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https://doi.org/10.48075/rfc.v25i41.30311

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Food insecurity is a worrying problem in Brazil as well. the National Food and Nutrition Security System (SISAN) aims to create policies that promote the Human Right to Adequate Food to alleviate this scenario. The present study aimed to analyze data from elderly people with food insecurity according to the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) in the years 2004, 2009 and 2013, which used the Brazilian Scale of Food Insecurity (EBIA). The methodology used for this article was bibliographic research followed by field research in the year 2022, with a search for secondary data from the IBGE, in a quantitative way. Data were statistically analyzed using the Bio.Estat 5.3 software, observing the North, Northeast, South, Southeast and Midwest regions. The results obtained through data analysis suggest that there was an improvement in the food security situation of the elderly in all regions between the studied period. Statistically, there was no difference observed between the years 2004 and 2009, however, there was a significant difference between the years 2004 and 2013 and also between the years 2009 and 2013.

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Emanuele Kelli Samaia Silva, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná.

Graduada em Nutrição pela UNIOESTE. Mestranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde, da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, campus de Francisco Beltrão. 

Maria Eduarda Gabriel, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná.

Graduada em Nutrição pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Graduada em Tecnologia de Alimentos pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paran´á.

Franciele Aní Caovilla Follador, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Docente Associada da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Orienta no mestrado stricto sensu do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde, da UNIOESTE. 

Fernando Mazetto Brizola, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Mestre em Matemática (Biomatemática e Bioestatística) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. .

Romilda de Souza Lima, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Docente Adjunto 4 da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Orienta no mestrado e doutorado stricto sensu do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável. 

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26-05-2023 — Updated on 25-07-2024

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SILVA, E. K. S.; GABRIEL, M. E. .; CAOVILLA FOLLADOR, F. A. .; MAZETTO BRIZOLA, F. .; DE SOUZA LIMA, R. FOOD INSECURITY IN THE ELDERLY OBSERVED FROM THE NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SAMPLE SURVEY - PNAD . Revista Faz Ciência, [S. l.], v. 25, n. 41, 2024. DOI: 10.48075/rfc.v25i41.30311. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/fazciencia/article/view/30311. Acesso em: 4 may. 2025.

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