Living conditions, diet quality and associated factors in women and children from quilombola communities in Goiás, Brazil

Abstract

The study aimed to describe health and living conditions and analyze factors associated with the quality of the diet of women and children under 5 years of age in 9 rural quilombola communities, certified and without land title in the state of Goiás. Cross-sectional study, in which were constructed the indicators of consumption of ultra-processed foods, diet diversity and diet quality. The association of socioeconomic factors with indicators of dietary diversity and quality was assessed using Pearson’s chi-square test, Fischer’s exact test and logistic regression analysis. 203 women and 73 children aged 0 to 59 months participated in the study. In women, greater dietary diversity associated with higher income, non-participation in an income transfer program and higher education; in children, fewer people living in the household, B/C socioeconomic classification and diverse maternal diet. Low diet quality in children associated with less diversity in the maternal diet; in women, the income variable was associated with lower diet quality in the chi-square analysis, but the multiple analysis showed an opposite result for this variable. There is an urgency to implement effective actions to guarantee the right to health and adequate and healthy food for this population.