Perfil nutricional dos pacientes atendidos no núcleo de apoio à saúde da família (nasf) na cidade de Trindade/Go

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize the nutritional status of patients who sought treatment at the Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF), since June 2010 to June 2011 in the town of Trindade, GO. This is a retrospective cross sectional study consisting of 136 individuals of both genders which data were extracted from their medical care, namely: sex, age, nutrition diagnosis, pathology predominant, presence of laboratory tests, physical activity and eating frequency of sweets, soft drinks and chips. The observed results depicted that 67% of users were between 20 and 60 years old and 82.4% were women. The prevalent disease was hypertension (15.65%) followed by diabetes mellitus (11.3%) and heart diseases (3.48%). In addition, 12.17% of the patients had two malignancies. It was found that most individuals (63.2%) did not have any recent laboratory tests and that 86.1% of adults and 94.4% of children (5-10 years) reported not perform any physical activity. The results point to the need to target population on food choices and healthier forms of food preparations, encouraging habits that provide a better quality of life, with emphasis on prevention of nutritional cause diseases.