Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Health Econ. 2012 Apr;21(4):405-27. doi: 10.1002/hec.1722. Epub 2011 Feb 23.
Empirical evidence indicates that children living in wealthier households have better health. Food insecurity could be related to lack of adequate nutrition experienced by poor children and may be pointed out as one of the possible explanations for this relationship. This paper investigates the association between food insecurity and children's health and nutrition and the role of the former in the child health income gradient. Using data from the 2006 Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey, the results show that children living in households with food insecurity have worse nutrition and health indicators. In addition, the relationship between household income and many children's health and nutrition measures weakens but remains significant when controlling for food insecurity.
实证证据表明，生活在较富裕家庭的儿童健康状况更好。粮食不安全可能与贫困儿童缺乏足够营养有关，这可能是造成这种关系的原因之一。本文研究了粮食不安全与儿童健康和营养之间的关系，以及前者在儿童健康收入梯度中的作用。利用 2006 年巴西人口与健康调查的数据，结果表明，生活在粮食不安全家庭中的儿童营养和健康指标较差。此外，在控制粮食不安全的情况下，家庭收入与许多儿童健康和营养指标之间的关系减弱，但仍然显著。
