VI. Food

3. Adult food intake: In the last three months, have you or any adult in your housing unit ever:

15.6 Section VI. Food

This topic includes three questions: 1. Access to food in the housing unit, 2. Adult diet, 3. Food intake of adults.
If you used more than one questionnaire, record the data in this section in the last one you used.
Before applying them, read the introductory text: "Now I'm going to ask you about the food of the people who live here."

In order for the information to be useful, it is very important that the answer obtained refers to the following:

1. Access to food in the housing unit
This question identifies housing units where residents have run out of food at some point in the last three months and did not have the money or resources to buy more.

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If you are asked what you mean by lack of resources or what resources are, explain that they are non-monetary ways of acquiring food.

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The food section is presented in its digital version as shown in the images.

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2 Adult diet and 3. Food intake of adults
These questions identify housing units with adult people, that is, people aged 18 years and older, who, due to lack of money or resources, have problems satisfying their food needs.

Read the questions mentioning all the options, listen to the answer, and circle the corresponding code for each one.

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Remember that for the information to be useful, it is very important that the answers obtained refer to the following:

When the respondent has doubts about what is variety in food, take into account that it refers to the availability of varied foods, calories, and nutrients, in order to satisfy the needs of a balanced diet; that is, that they provide the nutrients required for daily energy use (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates); they also allow the maintenance or achievement of the ideal weight and provide vitamins and minerals.

Therefore, eating little variety means that people do not consume foods of various types (vegetables, fruits, cereals, meats, etc.).

If you are asked by the respondent: "What should I eat?", comment that this refers to the ideal they have about what to eat, i.e., what they think they should eat in their housing unit.

In case they are in doubt about what hunger means, consider that it refers to the painful physical and emotional sensation caused by the recurrent and involuntary scarcity of food.

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