Refinement of the Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale: Recommendation for a 14-item EBIA

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" and one of two possibly redundant items on Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale psychometric...

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Main Authors: Ana Maria Segall-Corrêa, Letícia Marin-León, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas 2014-04-01
Series:Revista de Nutrição
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732014000200241&lng=en&tlng=en