ABSTRACT:
Introduction:
Postpartum weight retention has been found to predict obesity. However, in Brazil, there’s no national strategy for nutritional care of postpartum woman.
Objective:
This study aimed to adapt DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) for nutritional counseling of postpartum woman, at primary healthcare.
Method:
Methodological study, carried out in 2016, at low-income urban neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It was developed in four steps: translation, food and food groups adaptation, identification of geographic and economic access to food and viability evaluation.
Results:
The food groups of original diet were structured to Brazilian dietary pattern. After viability analysis, it was observed that the geographical access of food should be accounted to enable greater adherence. A qualitative and illustrated meal plan was elaborated for nutritional counseling.
Conclusion:
The adapted DASH diet for nutritional care of postpartum woman seems to be according to the Brazilian dietary pattern, maintaining nutritional characteristics that provide the health benefits previously demonstrated. Currently, it’s being used in interventional study in two primary healthcare unities at the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Keywords:
Postpartum period; Diet, Food and Nutrition; Maternal nutrition; Women’s health