MEDEIROS, J. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4889040430936750; MEDEIROS, Juliana Fernandes de.
Resumo:
The objective was to investigate among adults with obesity and overweight to assess their
social, health, food (in)security and food security. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study
with an intentional sample with users of a health unit in the city of Nova Floresta, Paraíba. Data
collection took place in January 2020 with a team of trained interviewers. This work partially
analyzes the data from the database of a more comprehensive survey with the health service.
The collection instrument was a structured questionnaire. Social, economic and demographic
information were analyzed in this work; food security assessment through the Brazilian Food
Insecurity Scale; Consumption pattern; anthropometric assessment with Body Mass Index. Data
were digitized using the PSPP program (GNU) and simple descriptive statistics were
performed. It is observed that most of the interviewees were female, with their own house paid
off, knowing how to read and write easily and without a fixed income. Women preparing meals,
including the person interviewed, use health as a criterion when talking about food; while the
components of a healthy diet are statements about the presence of fruits, vegetables, beans and
beans and similar in the diet. During the week, most respondents eat at home and with other
people, sitting at the table; skipping meals with the aim of losing weight, at the end of the day
they think they ate enough. The foods that are most consumed every day or twice a week are
staple foods of Brazilian food culture (rice, beans, and/or margarine to prepare food, bread,
cake, crackers, fruits, juices (fruit and/or pulp) and raw vegetables). It is also observed that the
interviewees report consuming ultra-processed and processed foods less frequently.