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Introduction: Obesity is defined asachronic disease, characterized by excessive accumulation offat and that represents acompromised health. To promote healthier eating habits and, consequently, decrease the rates of obesity, it is believed thatit is important that people have knowledge about food and nutrition. Objective: To assess the nutritional knowledge of normal weight individuals, overweight and obese and identify if there is are lationship between nutritional status and nutritional knowledge. Methodology: The sample consisted of 22 individuals classified as eutrophic, 14 classified as overweight and 18 classified as obese according to Body Mass Index, which answered a questionnaire on nutrition knowledge. Results: We observed that, in general, both groups had low and moderate nutrition knowledge. No significant correlations betweens core son the questionnaire with the body mass index (r=0.08) between the questionnaire and educational level (r=0.29) nor between body mass in dex and education level (r= -0.01). Discussion: Improving knowledge does not necessarily implychanges in eating habits. Conclusion: The results suggest that nutrition knowledge does not seem tobe a determining factor in food selection.

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