Qualidade da dieta e fatores de risco para doenças crônicas.

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the Healthy Eating Index of public servants and associate with possible risk factors for Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (CNCDs). It is a cross-sectional research with adult civil servants. Food consumption was measured by the 24-hour Food Recall method and the quality of the diet evaluated by the Healthy Eating Index proposed by Mota et al. (2008). The risk factors were verified through a questionnaire with questions related to lifestyle, clinical and nutritional data. A total of 28 people were evaluated, 78.6% female, with a mean age of 38.68 ± 11.48 years, from whom 3.6% has a good quality diet, 89.3% the diet is requiring improvements and 7, 1% has a poor diet. The most prevalent nutritional status was eutrophia (50%) followed by overweight / obesity (42.9%). 35.7% do not practice physical activity, 92.9% reported not smoking, and 50% reported ingesting alcohol. The presence of CNCDs in the family was reported by 71.6% and 46.4% reported having current pathologies. It was concluded that the diet quality standard that predominated was the one that needs improvements and that there were several risk factors for chronic diseases in this sample.