Rev. DERC (Online) 2020; 26(2): 56-64
Relations between the Physical Activity, Eating Habits and BMI of Hypertensive Attended in a Basic Health Unit
Abstract
In Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH), a disease which impacts public health considerably, changes in lifestyle, such as increases in physical activity (NAF) and adherence to healthy eating habits (AH), might be used as preventive and therapeutic strategies. The aim of this research was to investigate the correlation between NAF, HA and IMC of hypertensive patients treated at a Basic Health Unit in southern Brazil. For this study 223 hypertensive patients (median 63 (13) years); body mass index (BMI) 27.8 (7.2) kg/m² were enrolled. The number of daily steps was assessed by accelerometry to generate information about NAF and the profile of HA was assessed by a questionnaire. It was observed that 38.6% of hypertensive patients were classified as overweight and 44.4% had a low NAF. The median of NAF was 9.026,2 (5.956,5) steps/day. The median of the HA score was 42.4 (18.20) points, and 26.9% of the subjects were above this measure with a less healthy diet. There was a positive and weak correlation between HA and NAF (rho = 0.170; p = 0.011). It is concluded that NAF has a weak relationship with the HA which is considered harmful, and did not have a relationship with BMI in the hypertensive patients investigated. The subjects do not demonstrate healthy habits related to the practice of physical activity and eating behavior, regardless of their BMI.
Keywords: Eating Habits; Hypertension; Physical Activity
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