Nutritional profile of adults assisted by primary health care in the period from 2007 to 2016
International Journal of Development Research
Nutritional profile of adults assisted by primary health care in the period from 2007 to 2016
Received 28th March, 2018; Received in revised form 13th April, 2018; Accepted 25th May, 2018; Published online 30th June, 2018.
Copyright © 2018, Luciane Peter Grillo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional profile of adults assisted by primary health care in the period from 2007 to 2016, A cross-sectional, retrospective study was conducted, based on previously collected data. To evaluate the nutritional status, the body mass index was used, and for cardiovascular risk assessment, the waist circumference index/sex was used. The samples was made up of 9.301 adults, of both sexes, with predominance of the female sex (76.2%). Relative to the nutritional status, 1.7% presented low weight, 28.7% were eutrophic; 32.1% overweight, and 37.5% obese; furthermore, 69.9% presented cardiovascular risk. There was an increase in obesity, which increased from 33% in 2006 to 39% in 2016, and these percentages increased as from 30 years of age. As regards waist circumference, the percentage of individuals with cardiovascular risk was always higher than that of those without risk, with the risk predominating in women (80.6%). Furthermore, the women had 9 times more chance of risk for cardiovascular diseases than the men. The inadequate nutritional status of the adults assisted by the primary health units was evident, with an elevated percentage of overweight and risk for cardiovascular diseases.
