Banca de DEFESA: THAYS LANE FERREIRA DOS SANTOS

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STUDENT : THAYS LANE FERREIRA DOS SANTOS
DATE: 30/09/2022
TIME: 13:30
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TITLE:

EVALUATION OF DIETARY AVAILABILITY OF IRON AND HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION IN ADULT WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, FROM MACEIÓ-AL

KEY WORDS:

Iron dietary; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency; Energy intake

PAGES: 55
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Nutrição
SUMMARY:

Iron is an essential nutrient for human health, as it participates in several metabolic processes. A deficiency of this mineral, if left untreated, can progress to iron deficiency anemia. Among the population groups most susceptible to developing this mineral deficiency are women of reproductive age, due to the increased need for iron, resulting from blood loss during the menstrual period. Several factors can contribute to its deficiency, such as the availability of iron (DiFe) in the diet, the presence of factors that inhibit its absorption, and the quality of the diet consumed. Thus, realizing the importance of adequate consumption of iron, and identifying the factors that can interfere with its availability, the objective of this study is to determine whether there is an association between the concentration of hemoglobin and DiFe in the diet of adult women of reproductive age, residing in in subnormal agglomerates in the city of Maceió - AL. The present dissertation was divided into two parts: the first is the literature review chapter, which seeks to clarify how dietary iron needs in different life cycles, as well as the methods available to assess its availability and the factors that may interfere in this variable. The second part is a results article in which the association between hemoglobin concentration and food insecurity (FI), caloric consumption and DiFe is described. The study was cross-sectional and partially ecological, combining exposure data at the aggregate level (environmental variables) and outcome data (availability of dietary iron and nutritional status) and covariates at the individual level. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical and lifestyle, dietary, DiFe assessment and AI data were evaluated. The results obtained showed no association between hemoglobin concentration and iron availability. On the other hand, the extremely low values of DiFe draw attention, as does the high prevalence of anemia perceived through the frequency of hemoglobin concentration. Factors such as lower per capita income and presence of severe AI acted as predictors of low hemoglobin concentration. The extremes of nutritional status also influenced hemoglobin concentration, as well as caloric consumption.

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