Food Insecurity and the Negative Impact on Brazilian Children’s Health—Why Does Food Security Matter for Our Future Prosperity? Brazilian National Survey (PNDS 2006/07)

Abstract

Children who grow up in food-insecure households have been shown to have worse health conditions than those in food-secure households. Consequently, their human capital accumulation and work-life productivity are likely to be reduced in the future, leading them into adulthood less capable of generating sufficient income, resulting in a cycle of intergenerational poverty and FI.