Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study

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Autor(a) principal: Valmórbida,Julia Luzzi
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Goulart,Maíra Ribas, Busnello,Fernanda Michielin, Pellanda,Lúcia Campos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Online)
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Resumo: Summary Objective: To verify the knowledge about food and nutrition and its association with the nutritional status of obese patients with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and to identify the relationship between information sources and level of knowledge. Method: Cross-sectional study that included 263 outpatients of a cardiology referral hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The participants filled out a questionnaire on socioeconomic data and knowledge about food and nutrition and had their nutritional status evaluated by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR). Results: BMI showed a significant inverse association with the percentage of correct answers (p=0.002), as well as WC (p=0.000) and WHR (p<0.001). This was also true for education (p<0.001) and female gender (p=0.005) compared to males. More than 60% of patients reported using television and 23% reported using newspaper as sources of nutritional information. Conclusion: Our study revealed a significant association between BMI and the level of knowledge about foods, showing that there is need for more information on obesity-related NCDs for greater understanding by patients.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
title Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
spellingShingle Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
Valmórbida,Julia Luzzi
obesity
knowledge
attitudes and health practices
nutrition
chronic disease
title_short Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
title_full Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
title_sort Nutritional knowledge and body mass index: A cross-sectional study
author Valmórbida,Julia Luzzi
author_facet Valmórbida,Julia Luzzi
Goulart,Maíra Ribas
Busnello,Fernanda Michielin
Pellanda,Lúcia Campos
author_role author
author2 Goulart,Maíra Ribas
Busnello,Fernanda Michielin
Pellanda,Lúcia Campos
author2_role author
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Valmórbida,Julia Luzzi
Goulart,Maíra Ribas
Busnello,Fernanda Michielin
Pellanda,Lúcia Campos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv obesity
knowledge
attitudes and health practices
nutrition
chronic disease
topic obesity
knowledge
attitudes and health practices
nutrition
chronic disease
description Summary Objective: To verify the knowledge about food and nutrition and its association with the nutritional status of obese patients with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and to identify the relationship between information sources and level of knowledge. Method: Cross-sectional study that included 263 outpatients of a cardiology referral hospital in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The participants filled out a questionnaire on socioeconomic data and knowledge about food and nutrition and had their nutritional status evaluated by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR). Results: BMI showed a significant inverse association with the percentage of correct answers (p=0.002), as well as WC (p=0.000) and WHR (p<0.001). This was also true for education (p<0.001) and female gender (p=0.005) compared to males. More than 60% of patients reported using television and 23% reported using newspaper as sources of nutritional information. Conclusion: Our study revealed a significant association between BMI and the level of knowledge about foods, showing that there is need for more information on obesity-related NCDs for greater understanding by patients.
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