title: Public intervention in food and nutrition in Brazil.
abstract: In the last twenty years, the Brazilian government has created a number of income transfer programs for the poorest portion of the population to promote food and nutrition security and eradicate extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition. These programs have achieved satisfactory results, which cannot, however, be attributed solely to the transference of income, as they involve other governmental public policies in health, education and basic sanitation, Combined, the aim of such public policies is to break patterns of the poverty across generations, thereby contributing to human development in the country.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bethsáida A S
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Emilia A M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Maiara B de
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Giovanna M R
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Fiates
authors.forename: Cristine G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Regina L M
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Fagundes
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011203:Poverty; D011640:Public Policy; D012935:Social Justice; D012943:Social Security