Avaliação dos hábitos alimentares de indivíduos que residem sozinhos

A prática de alimentar-se em comunidade, extremamente estimulada atualmente, vem sendo cada vez mais deixada de lado, muitas vezes por falta de tempo. Simultaneamente, a quantidade de pessoas que residem sozinhas aumenta, enquanto o interesse em alimentar-se bem, não. Com isso, esse estudo transversal teve o objetivo de analisar os hábitos alimentares de indivíduos que residem sozinhos, por meio de um questionário on line e os avaliou segundo o Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira. Verificou-se que a maioria realiza todas as suas refeições desacompanhados, apesar de relatarem influência positiva em fazê-las em companhia. A alimentação mais adequada verificada nesse grupo foi o almoço, que é realizada predominantemente fora de casa, ao passo que as menos adequadas nutricionalmente foram os lanches, feitos em sua maioria no trabalho. Dessa forma, viu-se a importância de incentivar a divulgação de estratégias em educação alimentar e nutricional, a fim de orientar esse grupo populacional a fazer escolhas alimentares mais saudáveis, destacando a relevância de alimentar-se acompanhado e de se reduzir o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados

School feeding as a protective factor against insulin resistance : the study of cardiovascular risks in adolescents (ERICA)

The objective of this study was to use ERICA data from adolescents from Brazilian public schools to investigate the role of school feeding in insulin resistance markers. Public school students (12–17 years old) with available biochemical examinations were selected. Adolescents answered a self‐administered questionnaire, and contextual characteristics were obtained through interviews with principals. A multilevel mixed‐effects generalized linear model was performed at the contextual and individual levels with each insulin resistance marker (fasting insulin, HOMA‐IR, and blood glucose levels). A total of 27,990 adolescents were evaluated (50.2% female). The prevalence of (1) altered insulin was 12.2% (95% CI; 11.1, 13.5), (2) high HOMA‐IR was 24.7% (95% CI; 22.8, 26.7), and (3) high blood glucose was 4.6% (95% CI; 3.8, 5.4). School feeding was positively associated with an insulin resistance marker, decreasing by 0.135 units of HOMA‐IR (95% CI; −0.19, −0.08), 0.469 μU/L of insulin levels (95% CI; −0.66, −0.28), and 0.634 mg/dL of blood glucose (95% CI; −0.87, −0.39). In turn, buying food increased blood glucose by 0.455 mg/dL (95% CI; 0.16, 0.75). School feeding was positively associated with insulin resistance variables, demonstrating the potential of planned meals in the school environment to serve as a health promoter for the adolescent population

School Feeding as a Protective Factor against Insulin Resistance: The Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA)

The objective of this study was to use ERICA data from adolescents from Brazilian public schools to investigate the role of school feeding in insulin resistance markers. Public school students (12–17 years old) with available biochemical examinations were selected. Adolescents answered a self-administered questionnaire, and contextual characteristics were obtained through interviews with principals. A multilevel mixed-effects generalized linear model was performed at the contextual and individual levels with each insulin resistance marker (fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, and blood glucose levels). A total of 27,990 adolescents were evaluated (50.2% female). The prevalence of (1) altered insulin was 12.2% (95% CI; 11.1, 13.5), (2) high HOMA-IR was 24.7% (95% CI; 22.8, 26.7), and (3) high blood glucose was 4.6% (95% CI; 3.8, 5.4). School feeding was positively associated with an insulin resistance marker, decreasing by 0.135 units of HOMA-IR (95% CI; −0.19, −0.08), 0.469 μU/L of insulin levels (95% CI; −0.66, −0.28), and 0.634 mg/dL of blood glucose (95% CI; −0.87, −0.39). In turn, buying food increased blood glucose by 0.455 mg/dL (95% CI; 0.16, 0.75). School feeding was positively associated with insulin resistance variables, demonstrating the potential of planned meals in the school environment to serve as a health promoter for the adolescent population