ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL INTAKE AND PRACTICE OF WEIGHT CONTROL BETWEEN FEMALE TEENAGERS IN A SCHOOL IN PELOTAS/RS, BRAZIL.

Abstract

Adolescence is one of the most challenging periods of human development, defined as a period of transition between childhood and adulthood, in which there are profound conflicts. The aim of this study was to determine the intake of macronutrients, characterizing the dietary intake of adolescent girls. We used anthropometric measurements and dietary recall to obtain the data analyzed in this study. It was observed that most adolescents consume hyperlipidemic, normal and hypoglycemic diets. Adolescents, who were using weight control diets, had hypoglycemic, normo/protein diets in the majority. So, with this study, we observed a predominance of dietary imbalance among these adolescents, suggesting that this group of people do not have sufficient information about good nutrition.