Author:

• Mariana Silva Bezerra - Bezerra, MS - <marianabezerrarn@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5095-5804

Co-author(s):

• Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob - Jacob, MCM - <michellejacob@outlook.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-7285
• Maria Angela Fernandes Ferreira - Ferreira, MAF - <mangelaf50@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-948X
• Diôgo Vale - Vale, D. - <diogo.vale@escolar.ifrn.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2636-4956
• Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa Mirabal - Mirabal, IRB - <isabelleribeiro@oi.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1385-2849
• Clélia de Oliveira Lyra - Lyra,C.O. - <clelia_lyra@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1474-3812

Abstract:

The objective of the study was to analyse spatial distribution of the prevalence of food and nutritional insecurity in the Brazilian Federation Units and their correlation with vulnerability indicators. Ecological study, with datathe National Household Sample Survey (2004, 2009 and 2013) and the Atlas Brazil (2010). A temporal analysis of the spatial distribution of FNI prevalence was performed. Moran’s Index was used in the bivariate spatial analysis. The prevalence of FNI have decreased along the years studied and presented a spatial correlation that is negative and moderate with the Human Development Index (-0.643; p

Keywords:

Food Security; Social Vulnerability; Social Determinants of Health; Spatial Analysis.

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