Food consumption and determinants associated to adults and elderly in Brazil under the view of integrative literature review.

Abstract

The analysis of dietary intake is an important tool to identify and keep up with the nutritional profile, it also serves as an elaboration background of public policy that aims at the human right exerting relating to proper feeding, ensuring the sovereignty of the current assignment is to analyze adult’s and elderly’s food consumption in Brazil, based on the Brazilian population dietary guidelines, and considering the related determinant by way of integrative literature review. The found results corresponded to the national research on Brazilians’ food consumption, the consumption of food considered to be unhealthy or harmful to the well – being tends to reduce corresponding to the individual’s instruction level and age. The female population stood out with higher intake of fruits, vegetables and greenery. However, despite the progressive intake increase of ultra - processed food in the last decade, natural nourishment and slightly processed was still consumed the most.