Conhecimento sobre o consumo de frutas e vegetais: comparação entre consumidores portugueses e franceses

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https://doi.org/10.29352/mill0220e.40089

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hábitos alimentares; consumo de fruta; consumo de hortícolas; alimentação saudável; diferenças entre países

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Introdução: O consumo regular de frutas e legumes nas dosagens recomendadas é incentivado como forma de alcançar um bom estado de saúde para combater doenças crónicas, doenças neurodegenerativas e cancro. No entanto, nos atuais sistemas alimentares industrializados, existe uma tendência para consumir menores quantidades destes alimentos, resultando em problemas e encargos complexos de saúde pública.

Objetivo: Investigar o nível de conhecimento sobre o efeito do consumo de frutas e hortícolas na saúde humana numa amostra de participantes franceses e portugueses.

Métodos: Foi realizado um inquérito por questionário do tipo transversal de conveniência em ambos os países, em 2020-2021. O questionário foi preparado e traduzido e os dados foram recolhidos online. O questionário continha onze itens a responder numa escala Likert de discordância/concordância de 5 pontos, que variava de 1 (discordo totalmente) a 5 (concordo totalmente). Um total de 640 participantes responderam ao questionário, dos quais 383 eram franceses e 257 portugueses.

Resultados: Os resultados mostraram que uma fração significativa dos participantes (60,3%) está informada sobre os efeitos do consumo de vegetais e frutas no combate ao cancro, diabetes, hipertensão arterial ou doenças cardiovasculares. Além disso, a maioria dos participantes (77,2%) sabe que estes alimentos são ricos em micronutrientes, como vitaminas e minerais, ou compostos bioativos benéficos para o bom funcionamento do organismo humano. Ainda assim, um número considerável necessita de melhorar os seus conhecimentos, pois isso é mais evidente entre os participantes portugueses do que entre os franceses (33,8% de participantes desinformados em Portugal comparado com 15,5% em França).

Conclusão: O conhecimento dos participantes é insuficiente, pelo que são necessárias mais ações para aumentar o conhecimento como forma de estimular o consumo real de frutas e legumes, de modo a ir ao encontro das diretrizes de uma alimentação saudável.

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2025-10-10

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Florença, S., Gonçalves, J., Lemos, E., Lima, M. J., Amaro da Costa, C., & Guiné, R. (2025). Conhecimento sobre o consumo de frutas e vegetais: comparação entre consumidores portugueses e franceses . Millenium - Journal of Education, Technologies, and Health, 2(20e), e40089. https://doi.org/10.29352/mill0220e.40089

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