Seguridad alimentaria en hogares de varias provincias del Ecuador en época de la pandemia por COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: Food security allows food in adequate quality and quantity to ensure good nutrition, leads to optimal growth of children, improve school and intellectual performance and the productive capacity of the population, however, food consumption has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: "Identify the state of food security in households in different provinces of the country at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing the availability, accessibility and consumption of food." Methodology: 931 families in the country are investigated, obtained through a non-probabilistic convenience sampling, it is a descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional study. Results: Most of the participants are from the mountains, they are women and with an integration of 3 to 4 family members. 61% of families buy their food, although 30% grow it, most maintain a regular availability of food, with cereals and tubers being the most purchased daily and reaching approximately 50% of purchase with high quality proteins biological and 67% protein of plant origin, its physical and economic access capacity is limited for 39% of families, this reality remains to this day. 85% of families maintain biosafety standards for food, through the hygiene of covers and containers. Conclusion: 20% of the families registered people who were hungry and 23% of the lower food consumption is due to the presence of COVID-19 ((P≤.01).