FOOD INSECURITY AND OBESITY IN ADULTS: WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP?

Authors

  • Caryna Eurich Mazur Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Francisco Navarro Universidade Gama Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2236583411290

Abstract

Obesity is a multifactorial disease that has, among other relevant issues, inadequate food. Food insecurity is proposed as the mismatch of supply in quality, quantity and diversity. Therefore, the aim of this study was that obesity and food insecurity are closely linked. Method: This study is a literature review. The works exhibited here have shown that women are more prone to develop obesity, as well as food insecurity. Some felt the question income as a variable of interest, and obtained correlation with obesity and food insecurity. Therefore, the conclusion was that there is an association between food insecurity and obesity, so that the increased supply of unhealthy foods and / or access to these foods can enlarge the increase in body weight, and lead to obesity frame.

 

Descriptors: Obesity; Food Security and Nutrition; Food; Nutrition.

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Author Biographies

Caryna Eurich Mazur, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Nutricionista, especialista em Obesidade e Emagrecimento pela Universidade Gama Filho e mestranda em Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional pela Universidade Federal do Paraná

Francisco Navarro, Universidade Gama Filho

Educador Físico, possui mestrado em Ciências pela Universidade de São Paulo e doutorado em Ciências pela Universidade de São Paulo

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Published

2015-12-18

How to Cite

Mazur, C. E., & Navarro, F. (2015). FOOD INSECURITY AND OBESITY IN ADULTS: WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP?. Saúde (Santa Maria), 41(2), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.5902/2236583411290

Issue

Revista Saúde (Santa Maria), Vol.41, n.2, Jul./Dez. 2015

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Artigos de Revisão

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