Ações educativas com foco na nutrição para os diabéticos cadastrados em um PSF da cidade de Campos Gerais - MG: um projeto de intervenção

Abstract

Diabetes is a multifactorial disease, which affects an increasingly large number of people, regardless of social class and affects public health problem status. There may be a lack of insulin or the inability of this hormone properly exert its effects. This disease can result in many complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, acute myocardial infarction, angina and cerebrovascular acident. Nutritional monitoring in Diabetes has the objective of maintaining good nutritional status and quality of life of the individual, favoring glycemic control and weight loss, essential to avoid future complications. For this to become possible in a Health Unit of Campos Gerais, Minas Gerais, there will be an intervention project for diabetics, which will have the objective to promote weight loss and keep the disease under control with educational activities based on conversation circles , carried out in six fortnightly meetings where the ways to prevent complications of diabetes through a balanced diet and weight loss are discussed. Will be considered a successful project if it can achieve decreased serum glucose levels and weight loss by at least 75% of diabetics, which is assessment carried out every two months in their own Health Unit.