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Objective: To characterize the nutritional status of quilombola students and determine the food security status of their households. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with students aged six to nineteen years from quilombola communities in twelve municipalities of Goiás categorized by age, gender, school location (urban/rural), and nutritional status based on the World Health Organization's height-for-age and body mass index for-age charts. The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale was used for measuring food (in)security in their families. Descriptive and association analyses were conducted using the Chi-square test at a significance level of 5% (p<0.05). Results: In a sample of 226 students, overweight (17.2%) was more common than malnutrition (1.3%), especially in students attending urban schools (28.2%) (p<0.05). Most (75.2%) quilombola families experienced food insecurity, especially mild. Conclusion: The apparent contradiction of excess weight and food insecurity occurring simultaneously indicates the need of revising the study instruments and the causal network that identify poverty.

Este estudo objetivou caracterizar a alimentação fora do domicílio de universitários da área da saúde de uma instituição privada de Goiânia-GO, Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo transversal e descritivo, com 101 universitários dos cursos de enfermagem, nutrição e fisioterapia de uma instituição de ensino superior do Estado de Goiás. Foram coletados dados sociodemográficos, hábitos de consumo de alimentos fora do domicílio e realizada análise descritiva dos dados. A maioria era do sexo feminino (85,1%) e se encontrava na faixa etária de 18 a 21 anos (68,3%). Destes, 84,2% afirmaram que costumam se alimentar fora de casa, 70,3% já adoeceram após ingerirem alimentos na rua e 63,4% relataram que sua aparência física influencia em suas escolhas alimentares. As refeições de maior consumo fora do domicílio foram: almoço (32,7%), lanche da tarde (24,8%) e colação (20,8%) e os alimentos mais consumidos foram: leite / derivados (43,2%), frutas (35,8%), doces (26,3%), salgados (25,3%) e biscoitos (20,0%). Os acadêmicos de nutrição procuram alimentos mais saudáveis para se alimentar fora do domicílio, enquanto que os de enfermagem e de fisioterapia apresentam um consumo elevado de alimentos reconhecidos como "não saudáveis", sendo o almoço a refeição mais consumida e o restaurante a quilo o estabelecimento mais procurado.

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Objetivo: estimar a prevalência de insegurança alimentar (IA) e fatores associados na população da área de abrangência do Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF) em Itumbiara-GO. Métodos: realizou-se estudo transversal; utilizou-se a Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar e questionário padronizado; calcularam-se razões de prevalência (RP) e respectivos intervalos de confiança de 95% (IC 95% ) pela regressão de Poisson. Resultados: avaliaram-se 356 domicílios, a prevalência de IA foi de 51,4% (36,2% com IA leve; 11,3% moderada; e 3,9% grave); a IA esteve associada a (i) residir em moradia com acabamento incompleto (RP=1,3; IC 95% 1,0-1,5), (ii) ter mais de cinco moradores por domicílio (RP=1,3; IC 95% 1,1-1,6), (iii) pertencer às classes econômicas C (RP=1,6; IC 95% 1,0-2,5) e D/E (RP=2,1; IC 95% 1,3-3,2) e (iv) ser beneficiário do Programa Bolsa Família (RP=1,3; IC 95% 1,1-1,6). Conclusão: a prevalência de insegurança alimentar foi elevada e maior nas famílias maiores e mais pobres.

Objective The aim of the present study was to assess the anthropometric measures, food intake and food cravings during the menstrual cycle of undergraduate students of the faculty of nutrition. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed with 27 students from a public university in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, who had their food intake evaluated through a 24-hour food recall, their nutritional status evaluated based on anthropometric measures, and food cravings evaluated using the Food Desire Questionnaire. Data were collected during an evaluation in the follicular phase (between the 5th and the 9th day of the menstrual cycle) and another in the luteal phase (LP) (between the 20th and the 25th day of the menstrual cycle). For food intake variables, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used, followed by the Tukey test. The Mann-Whitney test was used for the analysis of food cravings, considering a significance level of 5% (p < 0.05). Results The desire for foods rich in sugar, salt, and fat, such as chocolate, pastries, snacks and desserts were higher (p < 0.05) during the premenstrual period, although it did not reflect neither a higher energy intake nor an alteration in the distribution of macronutrients. A higher intake of carbohydrates, proteins, fibers, and calcium was observed during the LP; however, without statistical difference between the groups. There were no differences either in the intake of any food group or in the anthropometric measurements (p > 0.05). Conclusion Food cravings of nutrition students differed between the phases of the menstrual cycle; however, with no difference in food intake and in anthropometric measures.

Identification of modifiable risk factors for breast cancer is critical for primary prevention of the disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate how certain lifestyle variables modify the chances of developing breast cancer based on menopausal status. A case-control study was performed in a group of 542 women, 197 who were diagnosed with breast cancer and 344 control individuals. The groups were matched by age, body mass index, and menopausal status. Participants were evaluated for level of physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking habit, weight, height, and waist circumference (WC). A multivariate logistic regression model was used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Regular consumption of alcoholic beverages (2.91, 95% CI 1.58–5.38 and 1.86, 95% CI 1.15–3.03) and sedentary behavior (2.08; 95% CI 1.12–3.85 and 1.81; 95% CI 1.12–2.94) were associated with breast cancer risk in pre- and postmenopausal women, respectively. High WC (3.31, 95% CI 1.45–7.55) was associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer in premenopausal women. While in postmenopausal women, current smoking (2.43, 95% CI 1.01–5.83) or previous history of smoking (1.90; 95% CI 1.14–3.14) increased the chances of developing breast cancer. Sedentary behavior and current consumption of alcoholic beverages were more likely to increase the risk of developing breast cancer regardless of menopausal status.