[Food insecurity, environment, and habitability in households in urban and rural areas of Brazil].

This study aimed to investigate the relation between food insecurity and basic sanitation and habitability conditions in households according to urban and rural areas in Brazil. This cross-sectional study was based on microdata from the 2017-2018 Brazilian Household Budget Survey. Habitability conditions were analyzed based on water access; sanitary drainage; garbage collection service; presence of river, lake, polluted bays near the home; presence of a slope near the home; and presence of synanthropes.

Food insecurity and social inequalities in households headed by older people in Brazil: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of a national survey.

Background: The presence of food insecurity in households headed by older people is related to social inequalities. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with moderate/severe food insecurity in households headed by older people.

Methods: A cross-sectional study based on a nationally representative sample of older adults aged ≥ 60 years was conducted using data from the 2017/2018 Family Budget Survey.

Temporal changes in the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors among adolescents living in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

To investigate temporal changes in the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors among adolescents, and their association with socio demographic factors and overweight. Using probability sampling, two population-based cross-sectional surveys were conducted: one in 2005 (n=511) and the other in 2010 (n=314). The frequency of disordered eating behaviors (binge eating, strict dieting or fasting and compensatory behaviors) was investigated using a self-administered questionnaire.

Disordered eating behaviors in adolescents and adults living in the same household in metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Objective: To examine the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors among adolescents and adults living in the same household.

Methods: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study developed with a probabilistic sample of 511 adolescents and 1254 adults living in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The frequency of binge eating, purging, and strict dieting or fasting over the previous 6 months was ascertained using a self-report questionnaire.

Inadequate nutrient intake in Brazilian adolescents.

Objective: To assess energy and nutrient consumption and the prevalence of inadequate micronutrient intake among Brazilian adolescents.

Methods: A random sample composed of 6,797 adolescents (49.7% girls), between 10 and 18 years old, was evaluated in the first National Dietary Survey, part of the Household Budget Survey carried out in 2008-2009.

Meal consumption patterns and anthropometric measurements in adolescents from a low socioeconomic neighborhood in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

We investigated the association between meal consumption and anthropometric measurements in a probabilistic sample of 528 12-18-year-old adolescents assessed in a population-based cross-sectional study developed in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, Brazil. A score ranging from zero to nine according to the frequency of meal consumption (breakfast, lunch and dinner) assessed meal patterns which were defined as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Nutritional status was defined by the sex- and age-specific body mass index cut-offs.