OBJECTIVE: To review and refine Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale
structure. METHODS: The study analyzed the impact of removing the item" adult lost weight" …

Background Food insecurity is a major public concern that occurs when nutritional needs
are not met, incorporates psychological and physiological coping mechanisms, and can …

Objective: To assess the internal validity of a multiple-item measure of household food
security in Brazil using statistical methods based on the single-parameter logistic (Rasch) …

Until recently, Brazil did not have a national instrument with which to assess household food
insecurity (FI). The objectives of this study were as follows: 1) to describe the process of …

The United Nations define food security as" People having at all times, physical, social and
economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and …

OBJECTIVE To propose a short version of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. METHODS
Two samples were used to test the results obtained in the analyses in two distinct scenarios …

ObjectiveTo conduct a systematic review aimed at identifying and characterizing the
experience-based household food security scales and to synthesize their psychometric …

Measuring household food insecurity represents a challenge due to the complexity and wide
array of factors associated with this phenomenon. For over one decade, researchers and …

ABSTRACT The United States Public Law 480 Title II food aid program is the largest US
government program directed at reducing hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity in the …

Introduction: The relationships between the social indicators (SIs) that determine food
insecurity (FI) have not been described yet. This systematic review aims to identify which SIs …