Análise da cobertura dos marcadores de consumo alimentar no município de Juiz de Fora -MG

Abstract

Monitoring food consumption contributes to strengthening Food and Nutrition Surveillance actions. Identifying its behavior over the years and the potential difficulties in registering information, provides insight into points for improvement and opens up the possibility of creating programs to improve VAN in the municipality. This research aims to identify the factors that interfere with the coverage of food consumption markers in the municipality of Juiz de Fora - MG. It involved two studies, an ecological time series study and a cross-sectional study. The ecological study analyzed population coverage and coverage by life stage, between 2016 and 2023, and their associations with sociodemographic and health variables. Prais Wisten regression was used to obtain the Annual Increment Rate (AIR) and Spearman's correlation to measure the association. The cross-sectional study evaluated the factors that interfere with the fulfillment of food consumption markers in children under the age of 10. All health professionals from the municipality's UBS were included in the study, using a self-administered questionnaire to identify the variables of interest. The association analysis was carried out using the Chi Square test followed by hierarchical logistic regression. The main findings of the ecological study were a stationary trend in population coverage and coverage by life stage; a growing trend in GDP and its positive correlation with population coverage. In the cross-sectional study, an association was identified between not having taken a food and nutrition training course, lack of guidance and not having enough time to do food and nutrition activities as factors related to not having fulfilled the consumption markers. The results highlight the stationary trend in coverage over the years, indicating the need to evaluate why food consumption records remain low. In addition, the importance of investment in food and nutrition activities and the training of professionals in fulfilling and analyzing food consumption markers is highlighted.