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Education for health, dietary habits, nutritional status and indicators of metabolic risk

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dc.contributor.authorCunha, Madalena
dc.contributor.authorSaboga-Nunes, Luís
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Berta
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-09T13:31:50Z
dc.date.available2017-03-09T13:31:50Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: A low level of functional education is a risk factor for lower levels of health literacy which in turn is considered to be a mediator in health results, currently representing an issue of interest in research on the management of the individual’s state of health. Objectives: To determine the effects of literacy on health through the mediation of dietary habits on nutritional status - Body Mass Index (BMI) and indicators of metabolic risk – Abdominal Perimeter (AP), Neck Circumference (NC), Capillary glycaemia. Methods: Descriptive study carried out on an objective sample of 508 Portuguese citizens (52.2% males and 47.8% females) with an average age of 44.48 years. The Questionário Europeu de Literacia em Saúde (HLS-EU-PT) (Nunes & Sorensen, 2013) (The European Questionnaire on Health Literacy) was applied and the dietary habits were assessed and the BMI, AP, NC and glycaemic levels were established. Results: The majority of participants (73.62%) were shown to have a health literacy deficit. The effect of the interaction between health literacy and dietary habits has a direct effect on abdominal perimeter and on neck circumference, although it is not found to be associated with variation in BMI. Conclusion: Differences in the level of health literacy were consistently associated with an increase in metabolic and cardiovascular risk. It is accepted that health literacy may affect disparities in indicators for the state of health. Priorities for future action to promote behaviours leading to the observation of healthy lifestyles including health literacy programmes.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCunha, M., Saboga-Nunes, L., & Cunha, B. (2017). Education for health, dietary habits, nutritional status and indicators of metabolic risk. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 237(2017), 875 – 881. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2017.02.186pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2017.02.186pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1877-0428
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4472
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationFCT, IPV, CI&DETSpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042817301866pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectHealth Literacypt_PT
dc.subjectMetabollic riskpt_PT
dc.titleEducation for health, dietary habits, nutritional status and indicators of metabolic riskpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage881pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue237pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage875pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleProcedia Social and Behavioral Sciencespt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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