Evaluation of supply food in a unit of the prison system of the state of Minas Gerais

Authors

  • Camila Pereira de Souza
  • Vanessa Fernandes Coutinho
  • Renato Ribeiro Nogueira Ferraz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37497/ijhmreview.v4i1.129

Keywords:

Nutrition. Collective health. Food. Menu.

Abstract

This study there was a means to evaluate the nutritional quality provided on a unity of the prison system on the States of Minas Gerais. The study in retrospective character, descriptive with the quality approach, composted by 15 menus. The menus analysis was performed with an auxiliary spreadsheet edit program, where were analyzed the total caloric value and the percentage of carbohydrate, protein and lipids, fiber, calcium, iron, C and A vitamin. All the menus analyzed introduce the appropriated percentage of the recommended value from carbohydrate, protein, and fibers. The Daily consumption of the lipids proved to be efficient in 80% of the analyzed menus. The calcium, C and A vitamin did not present of the recommendation at more the 50% of the menus. Considered 93.75% of the prisoners are men, the iron content is within the recommended range, however, presented below for the women. Concludes that the A and C vitamin presented below of the recommended value of the DRIS, favoring a nutritional risk, there is a need for a better elaboration of the menus, aims to improve the life quality of the diners

Published

2018-05-29

How to Cite

de Souza, C. P., Coutinho, V. F., & Ferraz, R. R. N. (2018). Evaluation of supply food in a unit of the prison system of the state of Minas Gerais. International Journal of Health Management Review, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.37497/ijhmreview.v4i1.129

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