NUTRITIONAL PROFILE OF POSITIVE HIV PATIENTS IN APUCARANA, BRAZIL

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https://doi.org/10.17765/1983-1870.2016v9n1p83-92

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AIDS, Anthropometry, Nutritional Evaluation

Abstract

Knowledge on the nutritional profile of HIV patients is a first step towards an adequate nutrition and successful treatment to guarantee an improvement in life quality. Current analysis assesses the nutritional profile of patients with HIV in Apucarana PR Brazil. Data on weight, height, body mass index, circumference of hips, circumference of arms, tricipital skinfold thickness and muscular circumference of the arm were collected. A questionnaire on food frequency and a questionnaire on the disease were also applied. Results showed a change in the nutritional profile of the patients, revealing that 45.5% were overweight, followed by eutrophic subjects. Changes are related to anti-retroviral drugs which redistribute body weight as a side effect.

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Tatiane Bordini Gomes, Acadêmica do curso de Nutrição da Faculdade de Apucarana FAP

Graduanda do curso de Nutrição pela Faculdade de Apucarana FAP

Natalia Brandão dos Santos Lourival, Docente Especialista do curso de Nutrição da Faculdade de Apucarana.

Nutricionista especialista em Nutrição clínica pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Atualmente docente do curso de nutrição da Faculdade de Apucarana FAP

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2016-06-14

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Gomes, T. B., & Lourival, N. B. dos S. (2016). NUTRITIONAL PROFILE OF POSITIVE HIV PATIENTS IN APUCARANA, BRAZIL. Saúde E Pesquisa, 9(1), 83–92. https://doi.org/10.17765/1983-1870.2016v9n1p83-92

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