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Objective: Describe the anthropometric profile and the food consumption of macronutrients, fibers and micronutrients (iron, calcium, zinc and ascorbic acid), in women with DM2 in ages between 20 and 60 years treated at a University of Santa Catarina in the nutrition clinic. Methods: Descriptive research conducted with 18 female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus between 20 and 60 years. The data were collected through the clinic of nutrition records and it was collected the quantitative and qualitative food frequency and anthropometric index. Results: It was observed through the anthropometrics data, a profile among women at high cardiovascular risk and BMI obesity class II. It was verified that BMI showed no statistically significant differences (p=0,28), indicating a homogeneous group, in contrast to theWC showed statistically significant differences (p=0,00) at crossing its categories of classification, the high risk stood out (77.9%). As for food consumption, it was below the recommended values for the average consumption of energy, macronutrients, calcium and fibers, and increased to fatty acids mono, poli and sat., zinc, ascorbic acid and iron, only cholesterol was within the recommendations. By correlating the variables energy consumption to age, WC and BMI, it was found that there was no statistically significant association between the variables. Conclusion: It was observed the need of strengthen education and prevention measure in order to reduce the prevalence of obesity and DM.

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