Consumo alimentar de pacientes atendidos em ambulatório de ensino de nutrição do hospital universitário da Universidade Federal de Alagoas (HU-UFAL)

Abstract

The Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), among them cardiovascular disease are present in the population in alarming numbers. Studies show the direct and indirect food intake with the development of these disorders. To do so, they become necessary research to assess the dietary patterns of the population, in order to support the formulation of actions and public health policies to control these diseases. This subject was the focus of this dissertation in order to explore what the main tools and methods that are being used in epidemiological research on the dietary pattern of the population and evaluate the dietary intake of patients seen in Ambulatory NCD Teaching Nutrition, University Hospital Federal University of Alagoas the literature review revealed that the most frequently used instruments for the assessment of food consumption remain the most traditional: food Frequency Questionnaire - FFQ and 24h recall - 24HR evaluated compared to the food groups, and adjustment to DRI's. As for consumer research with patients showed an adequate intake in respect to nutrients, micronutrients in relation to the consumption was only suitable for the vitamins A, B12, C and the mineral selenium compared to RDA and finally assessment performed by the method of RAS as the cutoff, revealed a high proportion of individuals with probability of inadequate intake for micronutrients, except iron and vitamin C. Given the above results, it is possible to realize that nutrition policy and nutrition education activities are necessary and which act continuously and impacting the population.