PRÁTICA DE EDUCAÇÃO POPULAR EM SAÚDE NO EMPODERAMENTO SOBRE SÍNDROME METABÓLICA: RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA ENTRE GRADUANDOS DE NUTRIÇÃO E PACIENTES DE UMA CLÍNICA ESCOLA

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PALAVRAS CHAVE: Educação. Síndrome metabólica. Doenças crônicas.

KEYWORDS: Education. Metabolic syndrome. Chronic diseases.

ABSTRACT:
Introduction: The sedentary lifestyle increase and ultra-processed food intake are the main causes of several non-transmissible chronic diseases, including a complex disorder of metabolic syndrome. The association of cardiovascular risk factors related to the insulin resistance, central deposition of fat, arterial hypertension and hypercholesterolemia characterize the metabolic syndrome that is commonly analyzed according to the definition of the third report by specialists from National Cholesterol Education Program†™s Adult Treatment Panel III NCEP/ATP III. This present work is a descriptive study, which is based on experience report. Objective: To present an experience report by talking to patients who were in a waiting room at a school clinic in Natal/Rio Grande do Norte. Materials and methods: It was used a dialogical strategy of popular education in health that has its theoretical body written by Paulo Freire. This strategy was led by students attending Adult and Elderly Nutrition classes at Universidade Potiguar, besides being supervised by the professor in charge of it. Results: Positive result was obtained with the target group participation by making speeches, popular knowledges about pathology, questionings and comparative reflection on the risk factors, like the dangerous ultra-processed food and simple carbohydrates intake. The group demonstrated the importance of understanding the natural food intake, slightly processed food, functional food, quality and quantity of carbohydrate inspection, which must be ingested, and also the regular physical activity in order to prevent pathologies and improve the quality of life. Conclusion: This experience brought together the teaching process and service through dialogue, from the assumptions of patients with previous understandings about it, contributing to the empowerment on the metabolic syndrome specificities. This study also demonstrated a potential to prevent the pathology and develop health promotion through raising participants†™ awareness for the risk factors.

Autores

• Fabiana Maria Coimbra de Carvalho Serquiz

• Luana Argentina Rodrigues da Silva

• Ruth Nayara Firmino SoareS