Conhecimentos e hábitos de alimentação e nutrição por adolescentes em excesso de peso após uma intervenção nutricional.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate and relate knowledge and eating and nutrition habits among overweight adolescents before and after a nutritional intervention. Methodology: This is a quasiexperimental study, carried out in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil, with overweight adolescents between 10 and 16 years old and lasting three months between August and November 2017. habits on food and nutrition were obtained before and after the nutritional intervention carried out in a group, based on a knowledge test on food and nutrition composed of 26 objective questions, 21 of knowledge and 5 of food frequency. Results: 17 adolescents, with a mean age of 12 years, predominantly male (64.71%) participated in the intervention. Knowledge presented a general percentage of correctness of 56.02% at the beginning of the intervention and 60.8% at the end. The eating habits of adolescents after the intervention demonstrated an increase in the consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables, the sweets, snacks and soda decreased. Conclusion: It was concluded that there was an improvement in the eating habits and the knowledge of adolescents after three months of intervention.