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0211/2016 - Anthropometric and dietary surveys in the Brazilian population: an important source of data for research development.
Inquéritos antropométricos e alimentares na população brasileira: importante fonte de dados para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas.

Author:

• Naiara Sperandio - Sperandio, N. - Viçosa, MG - Universidade Federal de Viçosa/Nutrição - <naiarasperandio@yahoo.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Silvia Eloiza Priore - Priore, S.E - Universidade Federal de Viçosa/Nutrição e Saúde - <sepriore@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0656-1485

Thematic Area:

Planejamento e Gestão em Saúde

Abstract:

The aim of the current study is to analyze the methodological differences between Brazilian anthropometric and dietary surveys, which are classified as home, school and telephone surveys, as well as to reflect about the opportunities and obstacles involved in the use of their secondary data. The documents composing the corpus of the current study were official reports about the surveys. The results indicated methodological differences in the assessment of food intake, anthropometry, frequency and form of access to the databases. The secondary data sources, which were previously limited to the dissemination of printed reports, were made available as micro-data in electronic databases. However, these databases are still little explored by health researchers due to the complex data extraction and analysis. Thus, it is worth including disciplines able to develop skills to use these databases in health graduate courses, since they contain variables related to the population health and nutrition status, in addition to socioeconomic and demographic variables, which are not found in the traditional health information systems. It is concluded that working with secondary data requires qualification and that the use of this source of information contributes to the proper planning in health.

Keywords:

Nutrition Surveysanthropometryhealth planning

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Sperandio, N., Priore, S.E. Anthropometric and dietary surveys in the Brazilian population: an important source of data for research development.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/May). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/anthropometric-and-dietary-surveys-in-the-brazilian-population-an-important-source-of-data-for-research-development/15636?id=15636



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