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. 2021 Dec 15:8:751715.
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.751715. eCollection 2021.

COVID-19, Food Insecurity and Malnutrition: A Multiple Burden for Brazil

Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva  1   2 , Marcos Pereira  3 , Érika Aragão  3 , Jane Mary de Medeiros Guimarães  4 , Andrêa J F Ferreira  2   3 , Aline Dos Santos Rocha  1   2 , Natanael de Jesus Silva  2 , Camila Silveira Silva Teixeira  2   3 , Ila Rocha Falcão  1   2 , Enny Santos Paixao  2   5 , Mauricio Lima Barreto  2   3
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COVID-19, Food Insecurity and Malnutrition: A Multiple Burden for Brazil

Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva et al. Front Nutr. .
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Keywords: COVID-19; food consumption; obesity; overweight; social distancing; social inequality; social isolation (SI).

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