Mediterranean diet: our patients are not on the right path

• Autor(a) principal: de Oliveira, Laiane Mirelli
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Melo, Mariana Letí­cia Malta, Maniglia, Fabí­ola Pansani
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/1014
• topic: Mediterranean diet; Chronic disease; Food consumption; Dieta mediterránea; Enfermedad crónica; Consumo de comida; Dieta mediterranea; Malattia cronica; Consumo di cibo; Dieta mediterrânea; Doença crônica; Consumo de alimentos; Dieta mediterrânea; Doença crônica; Consumo de alimentos

Introduction: studies indicate that the Mediterranean Diet can prevent chronic diseases. Objective: to evaluate how close to the Mediterranean diet are the eating habits of patients attended at a university nutrition clinic. Methods: This is a research carried out with data obtained from the medical records of patients attended at a university nutrition clinic. The data collected were: age, gender, history of diseases and food consumption information. Results: of the 70 charts analyzed, 64.3% were women and the mean age of the patients was 40 ± 17.4 years. The most prevalent chronic diseases were: systemic arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. The median percentage of water intake adequacy was 60% and 22.9% of patients consumed soda. Only 8.6% of the patients consumed fish, while 77.1% consumed red meat regularly. Two patients stated that they consume chestnuts, both of which had normal intestinal habits and one of them had no chronic disease. Of the patients who consumed whole grains, 58% did not have any type of chronic disease and 89% (n = 10) reported a normal intestinal habit. The low consumption of olive oil was associated with the presence of chronic diseases (p = 0.0459), and among the individuals consuming this oil, 82% reported a normal intestinal habit. Conclusion: there was reduced consumption of fish, olive oil and nuts, high red meat intake and presence of soft drink, characterizing consumption contrary to the Mediterranean diet model. In addition to this inadequate dietary pattern, the low level of physical activity justifies the high prevalence of chronic diseases in this population.