This research is part of the debate on Food and Nutritional Sec
urity FNS )), which in Brazil,
instituted by L aw nº 11.346 / 2006, consists in realizing the right of everyone to regular and
permanent access to quality food in sufficient quantity, without compromising access to other
essential needs, based on health prom oting food practices that respect cultural diversity and
are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. Thus, its general objective was to
analyze the situation of SAN in terms of food consumption and the nutritional status of family
farmers f rom the Association of Small Rural Producers, Extractivists and Artisanal Fishermen
of the municipality of Alenquer ASPROEXPA and as specific objectives: a) to identify
production food in the family unit and access to the public FNS policy ; b) to invest igate the
food consumption of the farmers and their families and c) to carry out a diagnosis of the
nutritional status of the farmers and to identify the occurrence of diabetes and high blood
p ressure in them. The field research followed the ethical precep ts according to CAEE nº 30185520.6.0000.5168, as well as the biosafety protocols established by the World Health
Organization, to prevent community transmission of the new coronavirus. In this sense, one
stage of the interviews was carried out by telephone and another in person, using as
instruments of data collection for the investigation of food consumption: the 24 hour Food
Recall Questionnaire, the Food Consumption Markers Form and the Scale Brazilian Food
Insecurity EBIA )). Anthropometric measurements were collected to assess nutritional status:
weight, height and waist circumference (abdominal). A questionnaire was also used to record
self reported health information (diabetes and hypertension), socioeconomic and food
production of the family unit. 14 women participated in the research, of which 71 4% (n = 10)
presented inadequate nutritional status with diagnosis of overweight and obesity, according to
the Body Mass Index (BMI) with substantially high risks of associated metabolic complications with ob esity (circumference). EBIA pointed out that 71 4% of the families of
the participants in this study are in Food Security, that is, when there is no food restriction of
any kind, not even the concern about the lack of food in the future. However, in the an alysis
of current food consumption both by the 24 hour recall and by the Food Consumption
Markers, it was found an inadequate diet with high consumption of ultra processed foods,
which contributes to the appearance of diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and
obesity, as well as, the inadequate nutritional status, reflected in the evaluation of the
anthropometric measures of the participants of this research. Understanding the data on health
and nutrition conditions, food consumption and access to public FNS programs enables
Municipal Management, Universities and other institutions to promote FNS for research
participants and the entire rural environment, in its concept broader guarantee of rights, with
access, production, marketing and consumption of food and its relationship with health and
quality of life.
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