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MOREIRA, Júnnia Maria; BONFIM, Ana Clícia Lima; RIBEIRO, Lorena de Souza  and  MATIAS, Luana Braga. Epidemiological profile of users of a nutrition public service. Aletheia [online]. 2016, vol.49, n.2, pp.136-143. ISSN 1413-0394.

Obesity is associated with comorbidities and disorders such as diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia. This study aimed to investigate the profile of the patients enrolled in the nutrition service of a public health institution in terms of: BMI, age, gender, comorbidities, number of daily meals and physical activity. Were analyzed 282 patients records of the nutrition service of a municipal polyclinic of Bahia, dating from May 2010 to December 2013. The results showed that 15% of patients were male and 85% female; the age was between 18 and 60 years; 19% were overweight, 50% were obese, and 17% were obese morbid. Women had more hypertension than men, and comorbidities were particularly marked in the age group 41-60 years. These data confirm and bounder interventions on those problems most often related to obesity.

Keywords : Obesity; Comorbidity; Epidemiological profile.

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