0017/2022 - Desigualdades socioeconômicas no consumo alimentar da população idosa brasileira: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019 Socioeconomic inequalities in the food consumption of the Brazilian elderly population: National Health Survey, 2019
Idoso, Comportamento alimentar; Estudos transversais; Disparidades em Saúde
Abstract:
Food consumption, when performed in an unhealthy way, has consequences for the health of individuals, such as a greater occurrence of excess weight and the aggravation of previous chronic diseases. The aim of this article was to assess summary inequalities in food consumption among the elderly population in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study, with datathe 2019 National Health Survey. The following outcomes were evaluated: consumption of beans, vegetables/vegetables, fruits, milk, meat, soda, sweets and salt. The main exposure variable was education. To measure inequality, an adjusted analysis was performed and two indices were also used: Slope Index (SII) and Concentration Index (CIX). 43,554 elderly people were investigated. It was identified that the more educated were 80,0% more likely to consume vegetables, fruits and milk, while the consumption of beans and meat was up to 50% lower among the less educated. The analyzes of relative and absolute inequality reinforce the lower consumption of foods considered healthy among the less educated elderly. The results reveal inequalities in food consumption among the elderly, with greater magnitude in known healthy foods.
Socioeconomic inequalities in the food consumption of the Brazilian elderly population: National Health Survey, 2019
Resumo (abstract):
Food consumption, when performed in an unhealthy way, has consequences for the health of individuals, such as a greater occurrence of excess weight and the aggravation of previous chronic diseases. The aim of this article was to assess summary inequalities in food consumption among the elderly population in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study, with datathe 2019 National Health Survey. The following outcomes were evaluated: consumption of beans, vegetables/vegetables, fruits, milk, meat, soda, sweets and salt. The main exposure variable was education. To measure inequality, an adjusted analysis was performed and two indices were also used: Slope Index (SII) and Concentration Index (CIX). 43,554 elderly people were investigated. It was identified that the more educated were 80,0% more likely to consume vegetables, fruits and milk, while the consumption of beans and meat was up to 50% lower among the less educated. The analyzes of relative and absolute inequality reinforce the lower consumption of foods considered healthy among the less educated elderly. The results reveal inequalities in food consumption among the elderly, with greater magnitude in known healthy foods.
