AVALIAÇÃO DA FREQUÊNCIA ALIMENTAR E PERCEPÇÃO GUSTATIVA EM ADOLESCENTES DE GRUPOS COM EXCESSO DE PESO E EUTROFIA PARA OS SABORES DOCE E SALGADO

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the feed frequency and gustatory perception in eutrophic and overweight adolescents for the sweet and salty flavors for volunteers from a Public School in the city of São Gonçalo do Sapucaí. Method: 40 adolescents (sixteen to eighteen years) from to a Public School participated of the study, which evaluated the alimentary frequency, socioeconomic profile and level of physical activity by through a questionnaire, and also the gustatory perception through a test of attributes. It was evaluated the nutritional state for separation of the groups by through anthropometric measures of weight and height. Results: It was possible to observe a great number of the samples was composed by the female adolescents (85%), being the minority male (15%). Adolescents belonging to the overweight group showed a considerable decrease in gustatory sensibility, but there was no difference between the groups evaluated in relation to the alimentary frequency. Conclusion: As it did not have significant difference with regard to the alimentary frequency and the group overweight presented diminished gustatory sensitivity, such evidence can make with these has necessity of a bigger food ingestion and nutrients as sodium, sugar and lipids which would aggravate its condition.