Estado nutricional e (in)segurança alimentar de beneficiários do Programa Bolsa Família

Abstract

Objetive : Summarize in the literature and evaluate the food security and nutrition status of the beneficiaries of the Programa Bolsa Familia . Methodology: two studies were performed : in integrative review , with publications from 2004 to 2007, with following guinding question: How is the nutritional status and food security of families benefiting from Programa Bolsa Família ? a cross-sectional study conducted from a small town in the northearn interior of Minas Gerais. The food insecurity were invesigated by means of a validated form applied to the parents or guardians of beneficiary children and adolescents , conditional income transparency program and body mass indexes were calculated by weight and height of children to assess nutritional status.Results : Seventeen publications were selected that showed that PBF provided greater, access to food , but often caloric and poor nutrition. And also 262 children were evaluated , of this 258 answered the brazilian food security scale , and noted that 78,3% of beneficary families had some degree of food insecurity.It was noted with the food frequency questionnarie, the low consumption of fruits , vegetables and animal protein and the high consumption were rice and beens . Anthropometry was assessed in 261 children , of whom 74,3% were eutropic , 5% underweigh and 20,7% were overweight. Conclusion: The studies show that the Programa Bolsa Familia has had a positive effect on nutritional status and food security of benneficiaries with the ability to reduce indices of socioeconomic inequality and hunger but in insolation has been ineffetive in combating food insecurity . Empirical data show that inadequate eating habits o children and adolescents may compromise nutritional status. The high number of food insecurity families is one of the responsable of poor nutrition characterized by availability of low nutrition quality food and high caloric value. These results reinforce the need for educational measures destined at promoting healthy nutrition and investiments in the health and education sectors.