Effect of a nutrition education program on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in elderly diabetics/EFEITO DE UM PROGRAMA DE EDUCACAO NUTRICIONAL SOBRE FATORES DE RISCO PARA DOENCAS CARDIOVASCULARES EM IDOSAS DIABETICAS

• Published in: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento Vol. 13; no. 82; p. 974
• Main Authors: Franco, Bruna da Aparecida, da Rocha, Ricelli Endrigo Ruppel, Venera, Graciela Delia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Ensino em Fisiologia do Exercicio. IBPEFEX 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Brasil
• ISSN: 1981-9919; 1981-9919

Objective: to evaluate the effect of a nutrition education program on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in elderly diabetics. Materials and Method: participated this study 20 elderly women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus randomized divided into two groups, a group no nutritional education (GNE) and nutritional education group (NEG). Daily caloric intake, weight body, perimeters measurements of central and overall adiposity, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) and triglycerides concentrations were evaluated at the beginning and in the final of 12 weeks of the program. Results: the results showed that the nutrition education program decreased the daily caloric intake, body weight, central and overall adiposity in the NEG group compared to GNE group (p<0.01). The systolic and diastolic blood pressure did not change after 12 weeks of program between GNE and NEG groups (p>0.05). In the comparison of blood biochemical parameters between groups, NEG group decreased fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) concentrations compared to GNE group after 12 weeks of program (p<0.01). Conclusion: in conclusion, nutrition education program decreased the body adiposity and changed the blood biochemical parameters, reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease in elderly women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Key words: Anthropometry. Cardiovascular Disease. Elderly. Diabetes Mellitus. Nutrition. Objetivo: avaliar o efeito de um programa de educacao nutricional sobre fatores de risco para doencas cardiovasculares em idosas diabeticas. Materiais e Metodo: participaram da pesquisa 20 idosas com Diabetes Mellitus do tipo 2 (DM2) divididas aleatoriamente em 2 grupos, Grupo Sem Educacao Nutricional (GSN) e Grupo Educacao Nutricional (GEN). Foram avaliados no inicio e ao final de 12 semanas de programa a ingestao calorica diaria, peso corporal, medidas perimetricas de adiposidade central e geral, pressao arterial sistolica e diastolica, glicemia de jejum, niveis sericos de colesterol total, LDL-c, HDL-c e triglicerides. Resultados: os resultados mostraram que o programa de educacao nutricional diminuiu a ingestao calorica diaria, o peso corporal, a adiposidade central e geral do grupo GEN comparado ao grupo GSN (p<0,01). Na pressao arterial nao houve diferenca entre os grupos GSN e GEN (p>0,05). Na comparacao dos parametros bioquimicos sanguineos entre os grupos, o grupo GEN diminuiu a glicemia de jejum, colesterol total, LDL-c, HDL-c comparado ao grupo GSN ao final de 12 semanas de programa (p<0,01). Conclusao: em conclusao, o programa de educacao nutricional diminuiu a adiposidade corporal e modificou os parametros bioquimicos sanguineos, reduzindo o risco para doencas cardiovasculares em idosas com DM2. Palavras-chave: Idosos. Diabetes Mellitus. Nutricao. Doencas Cardiovasculares, Antropometria.