Title
COVID-19 and Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
HERNANDEZ VASQUEZ, AKRAM ABDUL
Visconti-Lopez F.J.
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
The objective was to determine the prevalence of household food insecurity (FI) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Secondary analysis was performed using the waves 1 to 3 of the 2020 COVID-19 High Frequency Phone Surveys in 13 LAC countries. The countries with the highest FI in the first wave were Honduras (60.3%), Peru (58.1%) and Ecuador (57.9%). Likewise, the countries with the greatest differences in the prevalence of FI between the first and last waves in percentage points (PP) were Peru (−29), Guatemala (−27.7) and Bolivia (−21.8). LAC countries face a great burden of FI.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nutrición, Dietética
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85131601149
Source
Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
ISSN of the container
19320248
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus