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ResultsMost (58.0%) users had inadequate functional health literacy. Five core areas were identified: understands serving sizes; does not understand serving sizes; serving sizes are confusing; unfamiliar/uncommon foods; small letters. Group 2 had more trouble understanding. ConclusionDifficulty understanding hinders health promotion. Individuals need to have access to educational materials that are easier to understand and developed taking their functional health literacy into account.Indexing terms: Food guide. Functional health literacy. Health food. The questionnaire (B-TOFHLA) has fourpoint Likert-type questions totaling 28 points and reading comprehension questions totaling 72 points for a maximum of 100 points. As determined by the instrument, the individuals were categorized as follows: insufficient FHL (scores 0 to 53), marginal FHL (scores 54 to 66), and adequate FHL (scores 67 to 100). The thirty-two-page GA is divided into three parts and a summary. In the first part, there are 18 questions for users to assess the quality of their diet. The second part presents ten steps for a healthy diet, and teaches how to calculate body mass index and to interpret the result. The third part contains a list of foods divided into groups and respective serving sizes. This third part is complex because it recommends a certain number of servings for each food group, and within the group, each food is shown in the amount that should be consumed, known as one serving. These amounts are presented in cooking units, namely spoons, cups, and units. The complexity in how the data is presented made us discuss it in the second stage of the study. R E S U M O Objetivo Avaliar a relação entre o letramento funcional em saúde de usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde e o entendimento das porções alimentares do Guia Alimentar Brasileiro, versão bolso. Métodos Foi avaliado o letramento funcional em saúde com o Brief Test of Functional Health Literacy. Foram realizados dois círculos de diálogos, envolvendo pacientes com letramento adequado (Grupo 1) e insuficiente (Grupo 2). Os diálogos foram gravados e analisados segundo o discurso do sujeito coletivo. Resultados A maioria dos participantes apresentou letramento funcional em saúde insuficiente (58,0% I N T R O D U C T I O N M E T H O D SEight patients with adequate FHL and nine patients with inadequate FHL accepted to participate in this stage, here called Groups 1 and 2, respectively. The dialogue rounds were performed as proposed by Bohm 15 , in a room of the abovementioned institution's outpatient clinic on a Wednesday (Group 1) and a Friday (Group 2) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The subject was "serving sizes in cooking units." In the first sixty minutes, the content was read and in the second 60 minutes, the group talked about the text they read. All sessions were recorded.The recordings of the conversations were fully transcribed and analyzed according to the Discourse of the Collective Subject (DCS) proposed by Lefèvre & Lefèvre 16 . The DCS is a mode of presenting qualitative stud...

The objective was to determine the glycemic index and glycemic load of tropical fruits and the potential risk for chronic diseases. Nine fruits were investigated: coconut water (for the purpose of this study, coconut water was classified as a "fruit"), guava, tamarind, passion fruit, custard apple, hog plum, cashew, sapodilla, and soursop. The GI and GL were determined according to the Food and Agriculture Drganization protocol. The GL was calculated taking into consideration intake recommendation guidelines; 77.8% of the fruits had low GI although significant oscillations were observed in some graphs, which may indicate potential risks of disease. Coconut water and custard apple had a moderate GI, and all fruits had low GL. The fruits evaluated are healthy and can be consumed following the daily recommended amount. However, caution is recommended with fruits causing early glycemic peak and the fruits with moderated GI (coconut water and custard apple).