Qualidade de vida: análise da influência do consumo de alimentos e estilo de vida / Quality of life: evaluation of food consumption and life style

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2006

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Individual quality of life is influenced by many factors among which feeding habits and level of physical activity are to be highlighted. Understanding the relationship between components that influence life quality is important for the evaluation and definition of treatments, especially to elaborate preventive strategies. The objective of this research was to analyze the quality of life, food consumption and physical activity practices, of the campus "Luiz de Queiroz" community (n=303; 42.9% male and 57.1% female). Data were collected on the internet through: WHOQOL- 100, for the evaluation of life quality, International Physical Activity Questionnaire - IPAQ (short version), for analysis of physical activity level, both resources developed by the World Health Organization, and the Food Frequency Query - FFQ, containing a list of foods recognized for their functional quality, specifically prepared and validated for this research. For nutritional status classification, voluntary, anonymous personal information on weight and height (Body Mass Index - BMI) were used. The instruments to measure the level of physical activity and food consumption were previously tested in a sample of individuals from the community of the Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura. The Campus community was classified in four main categories: faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students. Sampling instruments were made available via restricted-access web sites, and research methodology was approved by FOPUnicamp ´s Research Ethics Committee. Analysis of experimental data collected was performed with appropriate WHO methodology. Application of the Dietsys v. 4.1 was used for analysis of food the consumption data, and statistical software package SAS was used for the statistical analysis. Data registered the presence of 8.6% smokers, 23% overweight, and 10.2% obese individuals in the sample. Graduate students tended to underestimate their quality of life while there the opposite behavior was observed among faculty members. Staff members scored the lowest regarding their social relations environment, while undergraduates scored the worst averages regarding other environments that compose the quality of life structure. Females practiced a daily diet of superior quality than males. A more varied diet was evident among staff members and graduates students. In relation to physical activity, 10.9% of the participants were classified as sedentary, with the predominance of males from the staff category. Sedentary individuals registered the lowest averages related to quality of life. These results may be useful in the elaboration of interventions aimed at improving the quality of life.

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life style quality of life estado nutricional qualidade de vida functional foods consumo de alimentos alimentos funcionais nutritional status modo de vida food consumption

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