Food intake and serum cholesterol levels in women nutritionists/Consumo alimentar e niveis de colesterol serico em mulheres nutricionistas.(CLINICAL NUTRITION)

• Published in: Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde Nutrição e Saúde, 2019-03, Vol.14 (1), p.1
• Main Authors: dos Santos, Helania Virginia Dantas, Cabral, Poliana Coelho
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Analysis; Body mass index; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Health; Hypercholesterolemia; Medical personnel; Obesity; Proteins; Regression analysis; Working women
• ISSN: 2238-913X; 2238-913X
• DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.38710

Introduction: Food intake and its association with the lipid profile have been widely studied, since excessive intake of cholesterol and saturated fats are implicated in the genesis of cardiovascular diseases, as well as overweight. Health professionals, as well as nutritionists, are not immune to these health problems. Objective: To evaluate the correlation between food intake and serum cholesterol levels in women nutritionists with and without overweight. Methods: The sample consisted of 169 women nutritionists working in the state of Pernambuco, who, through an online questionnaire, reported the following variables: age, body mass index, total serum cholesterol, and answered a 24-hour Food Recall in duplicate. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed; Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression were used, considering p < 0.05 as significant. Result: The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia was 27.2%, and overweight was 21.9%. The higher protein intake of the diet proved to be a determining factor for the reduction of total serum cholesterol levels in nutritionists with and without excess weight. The increase in body mass index and age was also a determining factor for hypercholesterolemia in both groups evaluated in this study. Conclusion: Food intake seems to have an important influence on total cholesterol serum levels, especially proteins. Keywords: Nutritionists. Nutritional Status. Food Intake. Cholesterol. Introducao: O consumo alimentar e sua associacao com o perfil lipidico vem sendo bastante estudados, visto que o consumo excessivo de colesterol e gorduras saturadas estao implicados na genese das doencas cardiovasculares, assim como o excesso de peso. Os profissionais de saude, bem como os nutricionistas, nao estao imunes a esses agravos a saude. Objetivo: Avaliar a correlacao do consumo alimentar com o nivel de colesterol serico em mulheres nutricionistas com e sem excesso de peso. Metodos: A amostra foi constituida por 169 mulheres nutricionistas atuantes no estado de Pernambuco, que atraves de um questionario online, referiram as variaveis idade, indice de massa corporal, colesterol total serico e responderam a um Recordatorio Alimentar de 24 horas em duplicata. Realizou-se a analise descritiva dos dados; foram utilizados o coeficiente de correlacao de Pearson e a regressao linear multipla, considerando-se significante p < 0,05. Resultado: A prevalencia de hipercolesterolemia foi de 27,2%, e de excesso de peso, 21,