Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

STATISTICS

Consumer Expenditure Survey - Dietary Assessment of Household Food Supply

The Consumer Expenditure Surveys - POFs carried out by the IBGE, aim at providing information on the...

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PNS 2019: consumption of tobacco drops, alcoholic beverages increases

Smoking is declining in Brazil, yet the consumption of alcohol has been increasing, especially among...

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Ultra-processed food products advance and account for 18.4% of calories consumed at home

The availability of fresh or minimally processed food or processed cooking ingredients in Brazilian households...

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Beans on the Brazilians' tables fall by half in 15 years

Rice and beans, a classic pair in the Brazilian diet, had a considerable reduction in the quantities...

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2017/2018 POF: fresh food and culinary preparations prevail in the national diet

About half (49.5%) of the total calories available for consumption in Brazilian households come from...

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Eating out consumes one third of expenditures of households with food

Eating away from home is becoming an option for more and more persons. Of the total expenditures of the...

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Uncertainty about food decreases, but quality is still an issue

Although it was added belatedly to the 1988 Constitution, the right to food is also part of the list...

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Survey reveals regional diversity in Brazilian food intake

House by house, street by street, the IBGE's Consumer Expenditure Survey (POF) provides a daily x-ray ...

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Artisan production of flour becomes tourist attraction in Maranhão

Most tourists in the city of Barreirinhas, approximately 260 km away from São Luís (MA), visit Lençóis...

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2008-2009 POF: more than 90% of the population eat few fruits, vegetables and greens

    The Brazilian population’s food consumption combines the traditional diet based on rice and beans...

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Overweight affects 38.8 million adult Brazilians

Calculate your body mass index (IMC) (in Portuguese) The frequency of overweight among the population...