AVALIAÇÃO DO ESTADO NUTRICIONAL E INSEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR DE IDOSOS ACOMPANHADOS NA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA DO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO GONÇALO DO AMARANTE - CE.

During the aging process there are morphological and functional changes that can bring health risks. Nutrition is an important factor related to physiological changesand has high relevance regarding healthy aging associated with quality of life, when started early for most of life. Therefore, the study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and the prevalence of food insecurity in the elderly assisted in Primary Health Care Units (UAPS), located in the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante-CE. This is a descriptive research, with a quantitative approach, conducted with elderly people undergoing nutritional monitoring from July to September 2022, through an anamnesis form containing anthropometric and sociodemographic data. For the purpose of assessing food insecurity, the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale– EBIA was used, and as an assessment of the nutritional risk of the elderly, the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MAN) short version was applied. The data were analyze dusing the IBM SPSS 25.0. To verify the association between qualitative variables, the Chi-Squaretest was used. In both groups, a high prevalence of overweight individuals was verified and individuals whose BMI classification resulted in thinness had a higher percentage in the classification under risk of malnutrition. The results of applying the (EBIA) indicated a higher classification percentage in relation to “food security” in females. Elderly people between 75 and 90 years old had a higher percentage offood security compared to elderly people between 60 and 74 years old. In this way, the need for care strategies for the elderly is highlighted to adapt and provide guidance on healthy eating and its importance in quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]