Author:

• EDYNARA CRISTIANE DE CASTRO AZEVEDO - Azevedo, E.C.C. - RECIFE, PE - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO - <edynaraazevedo>

Co-author(s):

• Fábia Morgana Rodrigues da Silva - Silva, F.M.R. - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO - <fabia.mrsilva@gmail.com>
• Alcides da Silva Diniz - Diniz, A.S. - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO - <diniz.alcides@hotmail.com>
• Poliana Coelho Cabral - Cabral, P. C. - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO - <poliana.cabral@ufpe.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2709-4823

Thematic Area:

Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde

Abstract:

Objective: To assess the consumption of risky and protective foods for non-communicable chronic diseases and its association with body fat by healthy workers from a public University of Recife, Pernambuco.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 267 adults. Two food groups were considered: risky and protective foods. Food consumption was assessed by a food frequency questionnaire with measurements converted to scores. The conceptual model considered sociodemographic, behavioral, and anthropometric variables.

Results: A high prevalence of overweight and low consumption of protective foods was evidenced. Medians of scores of risky and protective foods consumption were similar in all variables analyzed, except for a higher consumption of protective foods observed in obese individuals (p=0.000).

Conclusions: The study highlights the complexity involved in the relation between food consumption, body fat, and non-communicable chronic disease, indicating the need of future studies with more appropriate designs to provide rationale for future interventions in this population.

Keywords:

food consumption adults anthropometry non-communicable chronic diseases body fat

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