Disponibilidade de alimentos no domicílio de escolares da zona rural de Pelotas

Abstract

Nutritional transition in Brazil happens in rural and urban areas, but at different speeds. These changes are largely unknown due to insufficient data from the scientific literature in the countryside. This study aims to describe the household food availability from school in primary school teaching municipal rural area of Pelotas, RS. A cross-sectional, type census of school-based, conducted with parents of school children enrolled in primary school of 21 municipal schools in the rural area of Pelotas, RS. For assessment of household food availability, used questionnaire Project EAT-III. Independent variables included of parents were sex, schooling, working condition, number of residents and place of purchase of food. All data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire completed by 1,126 parents. It was observed that fruits and vegetables are more available at home and that ultraprocessados food mostly are purchased in supermarkets of urban area. Schooling presented a direct tendency with fruits, cereals, sausages, artificial juice, frozen and treats, revealing an important marker in food availability. The retirees are those with greater availability of food raw or minimally processed and fats. About number of residents observed that all foods, except fruits, were more availability in places with greatest number of residents. The results suggest greater acess to fruits and vegetables, and also the need to purchase ultraprocessados food in the urban area of city, in addition to showing association of food available to the socioeconomic factors of the population.