Produção Nacional
Consumo de alimentos dos grupos que compõem a pirâmide alimentar americana por idosos brasileiros: uma revisão
2015; Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS); Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.15448/1983-652x.2015.1.18065
ISSN1983-652X
AutoresRúbia Garcia Deon, Rosane Dias da Rosa, Vivian Polachini Skzypek Zanardo, Vera Elizabeth Closs, Carla Helena Augustin Schwanke,
Tópico(s)Nutritional Studies and Diet
ResumoIntroduction: The food pyramid adapted for the American elderly population is a food guide that highlights the importance of balanced diet for successful aging.Objective: To present a literary review on food intake evidence of the groups that are part of the American food pyramid by Brazilianelderly.Materials and Methods: We included scientific articles (identified in the LILACS and Medline/PubMed), dissertations and theses (identified in the CAPES portal), technical and scientific reports, guides and books. The Boolean operators and search terms used were: (“food guides” or “food consumption” or “nutrition”) and (“aged” or “aging”), published between 2000-2014 and involving humans.Results: In Brazilian elderly from different contexts and different regions, the consumption of food belonging to eight of nine groups of the food pyramid adapted to the American elderly population (grains, breads, tubers, roots, vegetables, fruits, pulses, milk, dairy products, meat, eggs, sugar candies, and water) is not suitable. Only in relation to the consumption of fats and oils the data showed to be controversial, pointing adequacy (in relation to the consumption of cholesterol, saturated fat, mono unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids) and inadequacy (especially in relation to the consumption of saturated fatty acids).Conclusion: The evidence points that the consumption, by Brazilian elderly, of the food groups of the food pyramid adapted to the American elderly population, in general, is not appropriate.
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