Diet quality and associated factors in adult and elderly patients treated in a nutrition outpatient clinic in the city of Recife, Pernambuco
| Autor: | Natália Nayara Elias Barbosa, Maria Cecília Santos de Lima, Beatriz da Silva Guerra, Nathalia Maria Cavalcanti dos Santos, Paola Frassinette de Oliveira Albuquerque Silva, Marília Tokiko Oliveira Tomiya |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | O Mundo da Saúde, Vol 47 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0104-7809 1980-3990 |
| DOI: | 10.15343/0104-7809.202347e13672022P |
| Popis: | Current food consumption, characterized by increased intake of high-density foods and low nutritional value can negatively influence nutritional status and the emergence of health problems. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of the diet and associated factors in adult and elderly patients treated in a nutrition outpatient clinic. This is a cross-sectional study conducted from May to October 2021 at the Nutrition Outpatient Unit of the Fernando Figueira Institute of Integral Medicine in Recife, Pernambuco. The information of the sociodemographic and economic profile, lifestyle, clinical variables, and nutritional status was collected at the time of nutritional consultation (first consultation and/or follow-up consultation). The evaluation of food consumption was performed through the analysis of the Diet Quality Index - Revised (DQI-R). The sample consisted of 102 patients, and there was a higher frequency of overweight/obesity and very high cardiovascular risk. Regarding DQI-R, 72.6% of the sample has a healthy diet. The follow-up time was positively correlated with the quality of the diet (ρ 0.199; p |
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