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This study aims to explore how social and housing conditions influence food security and nutritional status among mothers and children.

July 24, 2026International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

Food Environments and Food Security Among Mothers and Children in Northeast Brazil: The Role of Social and Housing Conditions

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VSVerônyky Gomes da SILVAUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco NANathalia Barbosa de AquinoUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco MBMaria Suzane BarbosaUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco

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Cross-sectional study analyzes social and housing conditions’ effect on food security in mothers and children, indicating the importance of public policies.

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This study aims to explore how social and housing conditions influence food security and nutritional status among mothers and children.
Cross-sectional study involving 314 participants conducted in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil from 2022 to 2023.
Assessment of socioeconomic variables, housing conditions, food environment perception, food security, and anthropometric indicators using generalized structural equation modeling (GSEM).
Better social and housing conditions were linked to improved perception of the domestic food environment (β = 0.79; 95% CI: 0.23–1.34) and reduced food insecurity severity (β = −1.05; 95% CI: −1.62 to −0.48).
No significant associations found between the domestic food environment and food insecurity, or the community food environment with other variables.
Greater food insecurity severity positively correlated with maternal BMI (β = 0.19; 95% CI: 0.002–0.37), which in turn related positively to child BMI-for-age (β = 0.25; 95% CI: 0.09–0.39).

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SILVA et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a630201395161722cd167d2 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23070936

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Cross-sectional study analyzes social and housing conditions’ effect on food security in mothers and children, indicating the importance of public policies.

Food Environments and Food Security Among Mothers and Children in Northeast Brazil: The Role of Social and Housing Conditions

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