Food insecurity among the elderly: cross-sectional study with soup kitchen users

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether food insecurity is associated with the demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, and health conditions of the elderly. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 427 elderly (³60 years) from Campinas, São Paulo; half were users of a government-run soup kitchen and th...

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Main Authors: Bruna Fernanda do Nascimento Jacinto de Souza, Letícia Marín-León
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas 2013-12-01
Series:Revista de Nutrição
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732013000600007&lng=en&tlng=en