Avaliação do estado nutricional e do consumo de alimentos fontes de fibras por estudantes adolescentes.

Abstract

Adolescence is a period whose eating habits tend to affect adulthood. And the dietary pattern at this stage has been marked by a diet rich in fats, sugars and sodium, and a small amount of fruits and vegetables, which represent a group of food sources of fiber, vitamins and minerals. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and consumption of food sources of dietary fiber by students of a school in Sobradinho / RS. This was a cross-sectional study conducted with students from 14 to 18 years old, belonging to the third year high school classes, enrolled in the Padre Benjamim Copetti State School of Primary Education - Sobradinho / RS. Information on fiber intake was collected through a food consumption frequency questionnaire (FFQ) containing dietary fiber intake in the last month. Nutritional status was obtained by classifying body mass index (BMI) for age. The sample comprised 45 students with an average age of 16.75 years. When assessing nutritional status, in both sexes it was observed that 73% of adolescents had normal BMI, 7% overweight, 11% obese and 5% severe obesity. The highest frequencies of daily consumption of fiber source foods observed were for rice, beans, lettuce and tomatoes. It was concluded that there was a higher prevalence of eutrophy and little daily consumption of food sources of dietary fiber.