Quality of kids’ meals in fast-food restaurants: the nutritional content is not enough for an informed choice
Conclusions Popular fast-food chain restaurants have already adapted to comply with nutritional recommendations, whilst neglecting important recommended foods such as fruit, pulses, and vegetables. This study points not only to the need of investing in the improvement of the offerings, but also to the importance of fighting the tendency to reduce the perception of food quality to its nutritional content, leading consumers to believe that the meals offered are balanced when they are not.RESUMO Objetivo Comer fora de casa tem se tornado um comportamento cada vez mais frequente entre as fam ílias, fato que tem sido persiste...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - April 12, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Food consumption, overweight, obesity, and sociodemographic profile in a Brazilian capital: a time trend analysis between 2006 and 2018
Conclusions An important change in the population ’ s sociodemographic profile was noted. There are also favorable changes regarding the investigated aspects of food consumption, without these being sufficient to prevent the significant increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the population.RESUMO Objetivo Este estudo objetivou analisar a tend ência temporal de características sociodemográficas e da prevalência de variáveis de consumo alimentar, excesso de peso e obesidade entre adultos em Belo Horizonte entre 2006 e 2018. Métodos Este foi um estudo de série temporal envolvendo dados do Sistema d...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - April 12, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Absence of symbolic and sustainable aspects in recommendations for healthy eating: a qualitative analysis of food-based dietary guidelines
Conclusions The recommendations for healthy eating in the food-based dietary guidelines are incipient in terms of sustainable and symbolic issues. Recommendations for adopting healthy diets need to consider the completeness of the food and its various combinations, dietary patterns, and the factors associated with their consumption, as well as the individual ’ s relations with food, environment, and society.RESUMO Objetivo Analisar o conte údo das principais mensagens de guias alimentares para promoção de alimentação saudável, identificando recomendações nutricionais, simbólicas e sustentáveis. Métodos Foram...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - April 12, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Association between breakfast omission and abdominal adiposity in low-income adolescents
Conclusions Omitting breakfast was frequent among the students assessed, and was associated with abdominal adiposity, a cardiometabolic risk factor. Investigation and early intervention are fundamental to change this behavior.RESUMO Objetivo O estudo objetivou avaliar a associa ção entre omissão do desjejum, sobrepeso/obesidade, adiposidade abdominal e estilo de vida não saudável em adolescentes de baixa renda. Methods Este foi um estudo populacional com delineamento transversal, envolvendo 571 adolescentes de escolas públicas, entre 15 e 19 anos. O hábito do desje jum foi avaliado através de formulário que veri...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - March 30, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Mastication in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review
The objective of this article was to characterize, through a systematic review, the mastication in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. For this, two independent authors performed a systematic review of the electronic databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, Web of Science and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences. Masticatory characteristics were considered as primary outcomes; the methods of analyzing mastication, the physical characteristics of the foods/materials used in the analyses and the fasting ti...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - March 15, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Quality indicators in nutrition therapy and clinical outcomes in a neonatal intensive care unit
Conclusions Considering the associations between indicators and outcomes, routine monitoring of the time to start enteral nutrition, energy adequacy, energy deficit and fasting time is recommended.RESUMO Objetivo Associar indicadores de qualidade em terapia nutricional e desfechos cl ínicos pré-determinados em uma unidade neonatal. Métodos 81 recém-nascidos prematuros foram monitorados quanto ao tempo para início da terapia nutricional, tempo para atingir as necessidades energéticas, adequação energética e proteica, déficit energético cumulativo, adequação da fórm ula nutricional e períodos de jejum; ganho...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - March 15, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Family influence on the nutritional status and eating habits of six to nine year-old children
Conclusions Caregivers have a direct influence on the nutritional status and eating habits of children; therefore, they should be targeted in the processes of nutritional intervention for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity .RESUMO Objetivo Este estudo se prop ôs a investigar se atitudes, crenças, práticas, hábitos alimentares e estado nutricional dos responsáveis influenciam os hábitos alimentares e o estado nutricional de crianças de 6 a 9 anos. Methods Estudo transversal com 164 crianças e um respectivo responsável por sua alimentação (n=16 4), desenvolvido em Unidades de Saúde da Família do...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - March 15, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Cultural adaptation of the Child Feeding Questionnaire for use in Brazil
Conclusions The Child Feeding Questionnaire was culturally adapted, aided by the parents. Future studies must be conducted in other Brazilian realities to allow the questionnaire to be widely used. It contributes to promoting the impleme ntation of better practices in child feeding that favor healthy growth and development, as well as to encourage healthy habits in Brazilian families, and to reduce overweight and childhood obesity in the country.RESUMO Objetivo Este estudo metodol ógico objetivou realizar a adaptação cultural do Questionário de Alimentação Infantil para uso no Brasil. Methods Os dados foram coletad...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - March 15, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Impact of social isolation by Coronavirus disease 2019 in food: a narrative review
The objective of this narrative review, with a systematic survey, was to investigate the impact of social isolation on food (eating habits) during the 2019 Coronavirus disease pandemic. A retrieval of studies published from January 1st, 2019 to June 18th, 2020 was carried out in the PubMed, Web of Science and Embase databases. The screening was structured using the terms corresponding to Coronavirus disease 2019, social isolation and food. All steps were carried out independently by three reviewers. Twelve studies were included, totaling 20,789 people assessed, with a predominance of cross-sectional studies of adult popula...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - March 15, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Identification of neck circumference cut-off points for insulin resistance as a marker in adolescents
Conclusions The measurement of neck circumference is a simple, practical anthropometric indicator and can be used as a screening tool to identify insulin resistance in adolescents.RESUMO Objetivo Identificar pontos de corte da medida da circunfer ência do pescoço que possam predizer a resistência à insulina em adolescentes. Métodos Estudo transversal com uma subamostra do Estudo de Riscos Cardiovasculares em Adolescentes, um estudo multicêntrico nacional. Avaliaram-se 901 adolescentes de 12 a 17 anos de duas cidades do estado de Sergi pe, Brasil. Fatores demográficos, antropométricos e bioquímicos e a resistênc...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - February 23, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Degree of food processing and its relationship with overweight and body adiposity in Brazilian adults
Conclusion Consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with overweight and excess adiposity, whereas consumption of unprocessed and minimally processed foods is a protective factor for overweight.RESUMO Objetivo O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a rela ção entre o grau de processamento de alimentos e sobrepeso e adiposidade corporal em adultos brasileiros. Métodos Estudo transversal com 670 adultos (334 mulheres e 336 homens) com idades entre 20 e 59 anos, em Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil, com base em dados populacionais coletados por meio de questionário estruturado, entrevista de recordatório alimentar ...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - February 8, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Food availability and food and nutrition (in)security of families providing for the National School Feeding Program
Conclusion It appears that the majority of the families of farmers supplying Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar are in a situation of Food and Nutritional Security, both by Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar and by the household availability of food. However, we ca nnot ignore the percentage of insecure families, since this situation can lead to other problems. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly assess the family situation of Fodd Insecurty and encourage production for self-consumption so that it contributes to food availability and quality. For this rea son, the we highlight relevance of programs th...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - February 8, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
The effects of kefir in mixed meals on appetite and food intake: a randomized cross-over trial
Conclusion This study demonstrated that adding kefir to a high glycemic index meal may prevent increases in appetite and food intake, resulting in postprandial responses similar to those of a low glycemic index meal. These findings might enable the development of novel dietary strategies based on appetite regulation to treat or prevent obesity, particularly for Western societies. This trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under the process NCT03636217.RESUMO Objetivo O quefir probi ótico natural é um leite fermentado, e pode ter alguns efeitos sobre a saciedade e a ingestão voluntária de energia. Este ensaio cruz...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - February 8, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Association between eating habits, body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cardiometabolic risk factors in children
Conclusions The relationship between eating habits and cardiometabolic risk factors in children is dependent on cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index. Thus, our findings suggest a multivariate relationship between these factors.RESUMO Objetivo Verificar as rela ções multivariadas entre hábitos alimentares, aptidão cardiorrespiratória, índice de massa corporal e fatores de risco cardiometabólico em crianças. Métodos Trata-se de um estudo de corte transversal, desenvolvido com 60 crianças em uma escola pública, de ensino fundamental. Os hábitos alimentares foram avaliados por meio do Inquérito de Frequ...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - February 3, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
Risk of anorexia and bulimia nervosa and its associated factors in undergraduate students
Conclusions The prevalence of risk to anorexia and bulimia nervosa in the study sample is high. The associated factor s were the consumption of cereals, fat, light products, and protein supplements. Physical activity by appearance and disagreement to do exercise by fun were associated with the risk of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. So it is recommended that universities implement awareness and education intervention s to address this problem.RESUMO Objetivo Quantificar a preval ência e os fatores relacionados ao risco de anorexia e bulimia nervosa em estudantes de graduação de uma universidade particular de Bogotá, Col...
Source: Revista de Nutricao - February 3, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
