ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ELDERLY WOMEN LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL USING DATA FROM SISVAN-WEB

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The present study aims to assess the nutritional status of elderly women living in the Northeast of Brazil, during the period of 1 year and 2 months. METHOD: Refers to a cross-sectional study, with descriptive characteristics having as a research line elderly women aged 60 years or over, female. Data obtained from the SISVAN-WEB platform included elderly women living in the Northeast of Brazil, without color restrictions, people / community and coverage area. RESULTS: The reports were obtained through SISVAN-WEB, during 14 months of evaluation with a total sample of 5,925 elderly women from 9 states in the Northeast of Brazil. It is observed that in January 2019 there was a prevalence of underweight (<20%), normal weight (<30%) and overweight (> 50%). Another month that can be highlighted is April, where there was an increase in elderly women diagnosed with eutrophy and low weight, but in the following month (May) an increase in overweight was observed. In October 2019 there was a frequency of 56% of overweight (the highest in the evaluation period) and in April of the same year 42% (the lowest index). CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that the nutritional status of elderly women living in the Northeast Region found in SISVAN-WEB may not show such a reliable result of the nutritional diagnosis, since several parameters corroborate for a better evaluation of the elderly, not only the BMI and evaluation of the food consumption, which are the methods that the platform uses.