Twenty years of the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition at the Federal University of Santa Catarina: analysis of dissertations and theses

Fogolari, Natalia; Fernandes, Ana Carolina; Oliveira, Luna Dias de Almeida; Silva, Andreia Pereira; Moreno, Yara Maria Franco; Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes de

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ORIGINAL - Collective Health • Rev Nutr 37 • 2024 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-9865202437e240012 copy

Twenty years of the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition at the Federal University of Santa Catarina: analysis of dissertations and theses

Vinte anos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: análise das dissertações e teses

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

ABSTRACT

Objective

To perform a descriptive analysis of the methodological characteristics of the dissertations and theses produced by the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition of the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

Methods

Bibliometric analysis of postgraduate dissertations and theses. The search for graduates was conducted until December 31, 2022, through queries to the Graduate Monitoring System and University Institutional Repository.

Results

A total of 323 dissertations and theses presented over the 20 years of the postgraduate program were reviewed. The majority was produced by nutritionists (89.0%, n=244). There was a predominance of the Dietary and Biochemical Study line related to nutritional status (47.0%, n=152), followed by the lines of Nutrition in Meal Production and Eating Behavior (27.9%, n=90) and Nutritional Diagnosis and Intervention in Collectivities (25.1%, n=81). The majority of studies were quantitative (79.0%, n=255) and observational (75.0%, n=244), investigating the adult and elderly population (41.0%, n=133), particularly the local population (78.0%, n=252). Among 30 central themes, the most researched were obesity (12.0%, n=38), methods and evaluation of food consumption (10.0%, n=34), functional foods and bioactive compounds (10.0%, n=33), food system, sustainability and food and nutritional security (8.0%, n=25) and nutritional therapy (7.0%, n=23). In the last five years, research has begun on new themes, such as Nutrition in neuroscience and sports, and meta-research in Nutrition.

Conclusion

The postgraduate program contributed to predominantly train nutritionists, developing studies on topics of interest to the science of Nutrition on a global scale. There is a greater local, regional and national vocation in the development of quantitative observational studies, especially with the adult and elderly population.

Keywords
Dissertations; Nutrition; Post-Graduate; Research; Theses

Year	Master’s degree		Doctorate degree
Year	n	%	n	%
2003	6	002.2	-	-
2004	2	000.7	-	-
2005	5	001.8	-	-
2006	14	005.1	-	-
2007	22	008.0	-	-
2008	12	004.4	-	-
2009	7	002.6	-	-
2010	20	007.3	-	-
2011	14	005.1	-	-
2012	21	007.7	-	-
2013	21	007.7	-	-
2014	24	008.8	-	-
2015	12	004.4	1	02.0
2016	8	002.9	8	016.3
2017	17	006.2	6	012.2
2018	22	008.0	10	020.4
2019	11	004.0	5	010.2
2020	16	005.8	8	016.3
2021	13	004.7	4	08.2
2022	7	002.6	7	014.3
Total	274	100.0	49	100.0

Characteristics		Masters/Doctorate
Characteristics		n	%
Type of approach
	Quantitative	255	079.0
	Qualitative	43	013.3
	Mixed	25	007.7
Total		323	100.0
	Research Design I
	Observational	244	075.5
	Intervention	74	022.9
	Observational + Intervention	5	001.6
Total		323	100.0
	Research Design II
	Cross-sectional	151	046.7
	Clinical trial	53	016.4
	Cohort	31	009.6
	Experimental (animal, food)	22	006.8
	Mixed methods	21	0v6.5
	Case study (single. multi-case…)	12	0v3.7
	Content/thematic analysis	10	0v3.1
	Methodological	8	002.5
	Ethnography	4	001.2
	Evaluative research in health	4	0v1.2
	Documentary study	3	000.9
	Phenomenological	1	000.3
	Bibliographic review	1	000.3
	Case-control	1	000.3
	Grounded theory	1	000.3
Total		323	100.0
Study population
	Adults and older adults	122	037.8
	Children and adolescents	83	025.7
	Animal models/in vitro	20	006.2
	Teenagers + adults / College students	16	005.0
	Elderly	11	003.4
	Teenagers + adults + elderly	2	001.2
	Children + adults + elderly	2	000.6
	Athletes	2	000.6
	Pregnant/nursing women	1	000.3
	Not applicable (NA)	64	019.8
Total		323	100.0
Study location
	Florianópolis	252	078.0
	Santa Catarina	27	008.4
	Brazil (National)	16	005.0
	Southern Region (PR, RS)	13	004.0
	Other region(s)	12	0v3.7
	Other countries	3	000.9
Total		323	100.0

Central theme of study	Total
Central theme of study	n	%
Obesity	38	011.8
Methods and assessment of food consumption	34	010.5
Functional foods and bioactive compounds	33	010.2
Food system, sustainability and FNS	25	007.7
Nutritional therapy	23	007.1
Labeling of packaged foods and restaurants menu	21	006.5
NCDs related to nutrition	17	005.3
Quality in meal production	16	005.0
Food choices and consumer behavior	14	004.3
Nutritional care in CKD on dialysis	12	003.7
Culinary skills and practices	11	003.4
Diet quality in breast cancer survivors	10	003.1
Assessment of body composition	9	002.8
Nutritional care in Cystic Fibrosis	7	002.2
Nutrition in Neuroscience	9	002.8
Food and nutrition of traditional peoples and communities	6	001.9
Food and Nutrition Policies and Programs	5	001.5
Eating disorders	5	001.5
Humanization in hospital nutrition	4	001.2
Nutrition in Sports	4	001.2
Prevention of atherosclerosis in congenital heart disease	4	001.2
Eating environment and practices of university students	3	000.9
Indicators of NS in hospitalized adults	3	000.9
Breastfeeding/complementary feeding	2	000.6
Nutrition and alcoholism	2	000.6
Nutrition and oral health	2	000.6
Iron deficiency anemia	1	000.3
Evaluation of NS in HIV	1	000.3
Food and nutritional education	1	000.3
Evidence-based nutrition	1	000.3
Total	323	100.0

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[1] Correspondence to: FAG VASCONCELOS. E-mail: f.vasconcelos@ufsc.br.