[Factors associated with food security in a rural municipality in northern Cauca, Colombia]. / Factores asociados con la seguridad alimentaria en un Municipio Rural del norte del Cauca, Colombia.
Arch Latinoam Nutr
; 62(3): 227-33, 2012 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-24617024
ABSTRACT
Food security is sufficient access to safe and nutritious foods to satisfy nutritional needs and personal preferences, and to lead a healthy and active life. The current study evaluated food security in 302 families with school-age children living in a rural municipality in Cauca, Colombia, and factors associated with food security. Families were participating in an evaluation of the nutrition impact of an intervention with nutritionally improved maize. A12-item food security scale was applied to the household head, as well as a sociodemographic survey. Families were classified as food secure, or mildly, moderately or severely food insecure. Among households, 44.37% were classified as food secure and 55.63% as food insecure (with 41.39% as mildly insecure, 12.25% as moderately insecure and 1,99% as severely insecure). Food-insecure families had fewer persons working relative to the total individuals in the home, 4 or fewer services or assets, and children with a reduced appetite, in comparison with food-secure households. In conclusion, more than half of the sample was food insecure; the factors associated with food insecurity relate to family income.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Abastecimento de Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article