Comparing diet of men and women at the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve riverside, Amazonas, Brazil

• Grant number: 16/17013-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Principal Investigator: Pedro José Tótora da Glória
• Grantee: Camila Cerqueira Sousa
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/00069-0 - Health and lifestyle of the Paleoamericans of Lagoa Santa: an ethnobioarchaeological approach, AP.JP

Abstract

This project aims to understand the diet differences between men and women in riverine communities of the Sustainable Development Reserve Mamirauá - Amazonas. The project involves analyses of semi-structured diet interviews, in addition to the data processing using the Nutritionist Pro program. The hypothesis investigated in this work is that women have a more cariogenic diet than men (more carbohydrates consumed and more often). Data was collected on the type and quantity of food consumed for five days in the wet season and five days in the dry season. The dietary record method is the 24-hour recall. This project is part of the grant Young Researcher (2013/00069-0). (AU)