Fruit and vegetables intake among users of a healthcare center

• Autor(a) principal: Machado, Cateline
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Höfelmann, Doroteia Aparecida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/2901
• topic: Fruit; Vegetables; Food Habits.; Frutas; Verduras; Hábitos Alimenticios.; Frutas; Verduras; Hábitos Alimentares.

Objective: To determine the fruits and vegetables intake, besides sociodemographic features, lifestyle and health status among users of a healthcare unit. Methods: Cross-sectional study comprising female users of a Primary Healthcare Unit of Joinville-SC, in July 2008. For data collection, anthropometric measurements were obtained and a questionnaire assessed sociodemographic questions and the fruit and vegetable intake the day before the interview. Ingestion in grams and the frequency were compared to the World Health Organization’s recommendation. By Poisson’s regression, prevalence ratios (PR) were calculated, with 95% confidence intervals. Results: The study evaluated 299 women, with ages from 26 to 84 years. The majority (n=226, 75.6%) were overweight. The fruit intake ranged from twice a month to daily. More than half (n=167, 55.9%) of the women reported daily consumption and 41.1% (n=123) ate more than 400 grams of fruits and vegetables per day. The prevalence of inadequate intake was 57.9% (n=173), however, among those in older age groups, the consumption of fruits and vegetables was more appropriate. Conclusion: The study highlights the high prevalence of insufficient intake of fruits and vegetables in this population, especially among younger women. The other variables investigated did not show statistical correlations. doi:10.5020/18061230.2013.p173