Food insecurity and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in a vulnerable population in Rio de Janeiro: A primary care registry-based survey
Alessandra C. V. Meireles, Paula M. Luz, Daniel Csillag, Guilherme T. Goedert, Débora C. Pires, Emilia M. Jalil, Hugo Perazzo, Thiago S. Torres, Sandra W. Cardoso, Eduardo M. Peixoto, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Carlos A.M. Costa, Nadia C.P. Rodrigues, Breno Augusto Bormann de Souza Filho, Ana T.R. Vasconce · 2025
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Alessandra Meireles and a large team of co-authors report a household survey on food insecurity in Complexo de Manguinhos, a group of low-income areas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The work appeared in 2025 and draws on the Comvida-1 survey, run from September 2020 to February 2021. Households were scored with a Brazilian food insecurity scale.
Among 3,864 households, about one in seven faced moderate or severe food insecurity. Rates ranged from 4 to 28 percent across the sixteen areas. Two sets of causes stood out. One was long-term poverty, marked by welfare payments and many children at home. The other was sudden pandemic loss, such as lost jobs, shorter hours, and lower income. Each set roughly tripled the odds of serious hunger. The authors say aid must cover both deep poverty and sudden shocks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alessandra C. V. Meireles, Paula M. Luz, Daniel Csillag, Guilherme T. Goedert, Débora C. Pires, Emilia M. Jalil, Hugo Perazzo, Thiago S. Torres, Sandra W. Cardoso, Eduardo M. Peixoto, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Carlos A.M. Costa, Nadia C.P. Rodrigues, Breno Augusto Bormann de Souza Filho, Ana T.R. Vasconce |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |