Perfil nutricional e fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares em pacientes atendidos na atenção primária à saúde: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

In Brazil, Cardiovascular Diseases are the main cause of death, with a high rate of morbidity and mortality and progressive increase due to the aging and sickness of the population, their appearance is due to several risk factors that can be modified or not, therefore it is necessary to monitor the health status of these individuals. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to identify, through a literature review, the nutritional profile and cardiovascular risk factors in adults and the elderly treated in outpatient clinics, nutrition clinics and basic health units in Brazil. This is a critical review of the literature in the electronic databases: SciELO, LILACS and CAPES Periodical, with articles published between 2015 and 2020, from according to the proposed theme and inclusion and exclusion criteria. It was observed a low frequency on conducting field studies with the theme, however, in the studies a high prevalence of general and abdominal obesity, physical inactivity, poor eating habits, presence of dyslipidemia, hypertension and diabetes were found in the adult and elderly population, furthermore, in the literature found there was an association of other parameters for screening for metabolic complications, given as promising tools for this function. With this, we can conclude that the lifestyle and the diseases found are closely linked to the development of cardiovascular diseases, which reinforces the need for changes in lifestyle and prevention or control of Chronic Non-Communicable diseases.