Dietary quality among overweight women attended in an ‘Academia da Cidade’ in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state

AbstractObjectiveTo characterize dietary quality and its associated factors among overweight women attended in an ‘Academia da Cidade’ in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.MethodsIt is a cross-sectional study in which the socioeconomic condition, health profile and dietary quality were evaluated; the latter was obtained through the Brazilian healthy eating index revised (BHEI-R). The influence of socioeconomic information and health profile on dietary quality was investigated.ResultsOne hundred forty women aged 53.7±11.4 years were interviewed. Dietary quality evaluation reached 57.2 (P25: 48.8; P75: 66.1) points at the BHEI-R score. Only two women (1.4%) presented adequacy on dietary quality, and 30.7% and 67.9% presented inadequate dietary quality and diet that needs improvement, respectively. The referred presence of hypertension and the use of medicine were inversely correlated with dietary quality.ConclusionThe women under study presented low dietary quality, and the identification of this profile can help define intervention actions in this and other health promotion services, as the recently proposed ‘Academia da Cidade’ health clubs.