Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN) coverage, nutritional status of older adults and its relationship with social inequalities in Brazil, 2008-2019: an ecological time-series study

• Main Authors: Brena Barreto Barbosa (Author), Valéria Troncoso Baltar (Author), Rogério Lessa Horta (Author), Jackeline Christiane Pinto Lobato (Author), Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira (Author), Caroline de Oliveira Gallo (Author), Antonio Augusto Ferreira Carioca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Abstract Objective: to analyze the temporal trend of Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional - SISVAN) coverage and the nutritional status of older adults, and its correlation with indicators of social inequality in Brazil between 2008-2019. Methods: this was an ecological study using records from SISVAN, related to the population aged 60 years and older; the temporal trend of coverage and the correlation between indicators of social inequality and increment rate of nutritional status were analyzed; slope index of inequality and concentration index were used to measure absolute and relative inequalities. Results: 11,587,933 records were identified; national coverage increased from 0.1% (2008) to 2.9% (2019), with a statistically significant upward trend; a moderate inverse correlation with an annual increment rate of overweight between human development index and gross domestic product per capita, was found. Conclusion: there was an increasing trend in SISVAN coverage; the increase in overweight was associated with social inequality.

Item Description

2237-9622
10.1590/s2237-96222023000100003