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How food education programs impact the knowledge of nutrition, nutritional status and quality of food for the elderly

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Aged
Diet, Healthy
Food and Nutrition Education
Food Security
F01.829.458.205.500 G07.203.650.240.629
Nutritional Status
M01.060.116.100
J01.576.423.750.875 SP6.051.187 SP9.020.
SP6.026
Registration Number
RBR-4v65wb8
Lead Sponsor
niversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Terminated
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Individuals aged 60 years and over.
Residents of the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.
Elderly people who participate in social groups in institutions served by the Food Bank.

Exclusion Criteria

Elderly people from groups who have already participated in food education activities of Banco de Alimentos Projects.

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
% increase in the relative gain of knowledge in nutrition, assessed by the questionnaire developed by the authors based on topics of interest.;Decrease in the % of elderly people at risk of malnutrition and with malnutrition assessed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment.;Increase in the % of elderly people with adequate weight or eutrophic, assessed by the Body Mass Index - BMI (23 to 28) using the Classification of the PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 2000 as a parameter.;Increase in % of seniors with healthy diet quality measured by the average of three 24-hour Recalls and ranked by the quality of seniors' diet adapted from the Healthy Eating Index: HEI-2015.;Decrease in the % of elderly people with an indicator to classify the risk for cardiovascular disease assessed by the value of waist circumference greater than 88 cm for women and 102 for men.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary outcomes are not expected.
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