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Background and objective: Behavioral nutrition studies the relationship of individuals with food, which may directly interfere with the nutritional status, having as objective the present study, to evaluate the relationship between the nutritional status and the eating behavior of the employees of a state school in Gravataí-RS. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study, being evaluated socioeconomic data, physical activity level and food behavior, by means of the ABEP, International Physical Activity and Dutch Food Behavior questionnaires, respectively. The participants' weight and height were also measured. Finally, an association between nutritional status and eating behavior was analyzed, together with their correlation to socioeconomic class and level of physical activity. Results: The sample consisted of a physically active population, with a mean age of 42.26 ± 7.77, represented by 70.4% of women. The most prevalent socioeconomic class was B2 and overweight prevailed, representing 59.2% of the participants. Discussion: Data relevant to those analyzed in the present study were included in the literature, reinforcing its efficacy. Conclusion: According to the data analyzed in this study, it can be confirmed that the excess of weight was associated to the alimentary behavior of emotional ingestion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Obesity is characterized as a serious public health problem, since it is a chronic, multifactorial disease associated with the development of several comorbidities. The pathophysiology of obesity includes alterations in peripheral tissues and also in the Central Nervous System; such as the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex, which relate respectively to the center of satiety, memory and learning, and the reward system. In this context, it is necessary to seek to understand the relationship between obesity and cognitive impairment and mental disorders, such as anxiety and depression. In this way, the aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between cognitive performance and mental disorders in obese and eutrophic patients. For this, control case study was performed, which 30 obese patients (BMI> 30) and 30 eutrophic volunteers (BMI <30) were evaluated. The case group and the control group participated in the application of a sociodemographic questionnaire, three cognitive evaluation tests: Digits, Sequence of Numbers and Letters, and Wasi, which aims to measure the Intellectual Quotient and respond to an inventory of anxiety and depression. The control group was matched according to age, sex and schooling. All the results were compared and analyzed between groups. Obese patients presented a higher score in the digit tests and Wasi test. There was no statistical difference between the groups in the test sequence of numbers and letters. Patients in the obese group had higher scores on the anxiety and depression inventory scores compared to the eutrophic group. In conclusion, obesity is related to a lower performance in cognitive tests and an increase in the symptoms of anxiety and depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento is the property of Instituto Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Ensino em Fisiologia do Exercicio and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)