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Perception of health benefits of dietary fibre among the Portuguese population

dc.contributor.authorGuiné, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Manuela
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Paula
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, João
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-04T07:40:48Z
dc.date.available2016-10-04T07:40:48Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Dietary iber (DF) has been part of human diet since ever, and its beneits for the human health have been well estab-lished and scientiically conirmed. Among these stand improved gastrointestinal functions, prevent cholesterol, diabetes or CVD. Objectives: To study the level of knowledge of people residing in Portugal about the health effects related to an adequate ingestion of DF. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out on a non-probabilistic sample of 382 adults residing in Portugal. The questionnaire included a section about the socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, level of education and living environ- ment) and another about the relation between dietary iber and possible beneicial effects to treat and prevent diseases. The data was treated using the SPSS software (V22). Results: The results allowed concluding that people were dif- ferently informed about the effects of DF in preventing and/or treating different diseases, being constipation the most recog- nized, followed in decreasing order by obesity, bowel cancer, cholesterol, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and breast can- cer. The results also showed that signiicant differences were encountered between age groups for most of the diseases evalu- ated, but not between genders, levels of education or living en- vironments. Conclusions: Generally, it was concluded that the participants in this study were relatively well informed about the roles of DF in preventing and/or treating various diseases.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationGuiné RPF, Ferreira M, Correia P, Duarte J. (2016) Perception of health benefits of dietary fibre among the Portuguese population, in 3rd World Congress of Research in Health, Viseu. Atención Primaria, 48(Espec Cong 1), 65.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/3361
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectFibrept_PT
dc.subjectHealthpt_PT
dc.subjectDiabetespt_PT
dc.subjectCancerpt_PT
dc.subjectObesitypt_PT
dc.subjectConstipationpt_PT
dc.titlePerception of health benefits of dietary fibre among the Portuguese populationpt_PT
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage65pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage65pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAtención Primariapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume48pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpt_PT

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