Abstract

CHINCHILLA BARRANTES, Nora Patricia  and  SAGOT CARVAJAL, Patricia. Attention and Nutrition Education for officials of the UNED in Costa Rica´s State University at Distance. Rev. costarric. salud pública [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.1, pp.42-55. ISSN 1409-1429.

In 2012 and 2013, a Project of Nutritional Attention and Education (PATENU) was developed in the School of Exact and Natural Sciences (ECEN) of the State University at Distance (UNED), for officials with the purpose of making changes in their eating habits and prevent chronic non communicable diseases (CNCD). This initiative emerged from the results of a Health Fair held in October 2011, where 60% of the participants presented problems of malnutrition. The information was obtained through interviews and anthropometric measurements during the follow-up consultations. In total, 69 people participated in PATENU, 55% were overweight or obese. 37% of the participants made changes in their eating habits, reducing 10% of overweight. It concluded that short-term nutritional interventions produce positive results.

Keywords : nutritional consultation; obesity; overweight; risk factors; eating habits.

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