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CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA
Volume 39, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311XEN179222
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Healthy Diet; Rural Areas; Eating; Fruit; Body Mass Index
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This study identified differences in dietary and anthropometric factors among older Brazilian adults living in urban-rural areas. The results showed that compared to urban areas, rural areas had lower consumption of fruit/vegetables but higher salt intake. Rural areas also had lower high waist circumference and lower availability of fruit/vegetables in the neighborhood but higher self-production of food. The study suggests that interventions should focus on promoting fruit/vegetable consumption in urban areas and encouraging self-production of food in rural areas.
This study aimed to identify dietary and anthropometric differences in older Brazilian adults (& GE; 50 years old) living in urban-rural areas. This is a cross-sectional study with data from the second wave (9,949 participants) of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) from 2019-2021. Weekly dietary intake of fruit/vegetables, beans, and fish; self-perception of salt consumption; food environment (availability of fruit/vegetables in the neighborhood and self-production of food); and objective anthropometric parameters (body mass index [BMI] and waist circumference [WC]) were evaluated. Analyses were adjusted for schooling level. Compared to urban areas, rural areas show lower consumption of fruit/vegetables five days or more per week (74.6% vs. 86.4%) and greater adequate salt intake (96.8% vs. 92.1%) - differences we observed for men and women. Rural areas showed lower high WC (61.9% vs. 68%), significant only for men. Considering food environment, rural areas had lower fruit and vegetable availability in the neighborhood (41.2% vs. 88.3%) and higher self-production of food (38.2% vs. 13.2%). We observed a lower consumption of fruit/vegetables five days or more per week in rural areas with fruit/vegetable availability in the neighborhood and no self-production of food. Urban and rural areas show food and nutritional diversity. Incentives for fruit or vegetable consumption among residents in urban areas should consider the greater availability of these foods in their neighborhood, whereas, in rural areas, self-production of food should be encouraged. Adequate salt intake and ideal WC maintenance should be reinforced in urban areas.
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