Perception of healthy eating among adults participating in the Eat-Mot survey in Brazil ; Percepción de la alimentación saludable entre los adultos que participan en la encuesta Eat-Mot en Brasil ; Percepção de alimentação saudável entre adultos participantes da pesquisa Eat-Mot no Brasil

The purpose was to verify the association between sociodemographic and health characteristics with the perception of healthy eating among Brazilian participating in the international study Eat-Mot. The perception of healthy eating was investigated by frequency categorized into: never/rarely/sometimes and most of the times/always. Ordinal logistic regression was used to calculate “odds ratio” to verify the relationship between sociodemographic and health variables with the perception of healthy eating. Six hundred and sixty individuals participated, most of them women (74,7%) who have completed higher education or ongoing (77,6%). A good number of the interviewees perceived their diet as healthy (49,3%). In multivariate analysis, it was noted that there was a negative association between the perception of healthy eating with: be male (OR=0,45; IC95%: 0,31-0,64); have less education (high school: OR=0,51; IC95%: 0,35-0,74 and elementary school: OR=0,11; IC95%: 0,03-0,42); less practice of physical activity (>3 times/week: OR=0,40; IC95%: 0,25-0,63, 2-3 times/week: OR=0,29; IC95%: 0,16-0,52; 3 veces / semana: OR = 0,40; IC95%: 0,25-0,63, 2-3 veces / semana: OR = 0,29; IC95%: 0,16-0 , 52; 3 vezes / semana: OR = 0,40; IC95%: 0,25-0,63, 2-3 vezes / semana: OR = 0,29; IC95%: 0,16-0 , 52;