Food and nutritional security conditions in the community of San Antonio, Veraguas

Abstract

Adequate food is enshrined as a human right, which is exercised when full food and nutritional security is enjoyed, it is closely linked to the prevention of diseases and the enjoyment of health. The Objective to know the conditions of food and nutritional security in which households live. Methodology the research design was non-experimental with a qualitative, cross-sectional and descriptive approach, since it allows measuring the state of food and nutritional security of the population. The sample was non-probabilistic by simple fixation, with a confidence level of 95% with a margin of error of 5% and Z score of 1.96, to reach a sample of 266 adults for anthropometric measurements and 238 for the application of household surveys, a descriptive analysis of the variables was performed. Results: 77.1% of the participants were overweight and obese, 47.5% showed a monthly income equal to or less than B/300.00, with an expense for the purchase of B/201-300 by 26.5%, 97.1% of households presented high food diversity since they consume between 6 to 12 food groups and 86% presented food insecurity in the last 3 months.