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Consumo alimentar da população adulta segundo perfil sócio-econômico e demográfico: Projeto Bambuí Food intake according to socioeconomic and demographic profile: the Bambuí Project
Élido Bonomo 1 Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa 2 Cibele Comini César 3 Aline Cristine Souza Lopes 4 Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa

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1 Departamento de Nutrição Clínica e Social, Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Campus Universitário, Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brasil. [e-mail] 2 Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Av. Alfredo Balena 190, Belo Horizonte, MG 30130-100, Brasil. 3 Departamento de Estatística, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brasil. 4 Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Unicentro Newton Paiva. Rua Goitacases 1762, Belo Horizonte MG 30190-052, Brasil. 5 Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Av. Augusto de Lima 1715, Belo Horizonte, MG 30190-002, Brasil.

Abstract A nutritional survey was performed in a random sample of 546 individuals (ages 18 and over) in a city named Bambuí (15,000 inhabitants) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using the Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SFFQ). Median calorie intakes for women and men were 2,807 and 3,775kcal, respectively. Men consumed four times more alcohol than women, and women consumed more carbohydrates, fiber, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). The relative consumption of proteins (15%), carbohydrates (57%), and lipids (28%) were adequate in both genders. The average proportions, for all participants, of an inadequate share of lipids, saturated fatty acids (SFA), PUFA, and cholesterol in the total calorie intake were, respectively, 36%, 90%, and 50%, and were more pronounced in men than in women. The lipid, SFA, and PUFA intake for women and the lipid and