FOOD INTAKE AND SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN WOMEN NUTRITIONISTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2019.38710Keywords:
Nutritionists. Nutritional Status. Food Intake. Cholesterol.Abstract
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.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.38710
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP RESPONSIBILITY
Title of the manuscript:
________________________________________________________
1. Statement of responsability
I certify that I have participated in the work above specified and take public responsibility for its content.
I certify that the manuscript represents an original work and that none of the material in the manuscript has been previously published, is included in another manuscript, or is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, whether in printed form or in electronic media, except that described in the attachment.
In case of acceptance of this text by Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição & Saude, I declare to be in accordance with the policy of public access and copyright adopted by Demetra, which provides as follows: (a) the authors retain the copyright and grant to the Journal the right of first publication, the work being simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows the sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal; (b) authors are authorized to enter additional contracts separately for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publishing in institutional repository or book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal; and (c) authors are permitted and encouraged to post and distribute their work online (eg, in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this may lead to productive changes, as well as increase the impact and citation of the published work.
2. Conflict of Interest Statement
I certify that there is no conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article.
Date, signature and full address of all authors.
