Trabalhando a educação nutricional de pacientes portadores de hipertensão arterial: a prática do nutricionista na atenção básica à saúde

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Hypertension is a non-communicable chronic disease of high incidence and prevalence in Brazil and in the world, one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular and renal morbidity and mortality. According to the Brazilian Guidelines on Hypertension, adults are considered hypertensive whose systolic blood pressure reaches values to or greater than 140 mmHg and / or whose diastolic blood pressure equal to or greater than 90 mmHg in two or more measurements. It is observed that eating behavior is one of the elements that influence to blood pressure control, beyond the adopted lifestyle; those with the disease need guidance about their habits as unhealthy eating practices result in excessive food intake, thereby increasing the number of cases of hypertension. In this sense this work aims to perform an intervention proposal to work the nutritional education of patients with hypertension in the Health Strategy coverage area of Hat Hill Family, Santana municipality of Montes, Minas Gerais, through educational activities. They will be held educational groups led by the theme "Nutrition Education Hypertensive Patients." We believe that an intervention proposal focused on educational activity, may somehow help health professionals working in primary care to organize their users holders of shares of hypertension and promote awareness of the importance of adherence to antihypertensive treatment and adopting healthier lifestyle habits, for example, nutrition education.