INTRODUCTION: The riverside populations mostly reside in rural areas, generally surrounded
and/or surrounded by rivers and lakes that make up the territory of the Amazon. The daily lives
of these populations end up suffering a strong influence and dependence on rivers, which is the
reason for the periods of flood and drought that occur in the Amazon. The Amazon has two
types of forests with great importance for its floodplain forests, characterized by their frequent
flooding, and terra firme forests, which do not suffer from flooding. PURPOSE: To evaluate
the effect of ecological factors on macronutrient intake of men and women riparian in the
Middle Solimões, comparing diets in the dry and flood periods in floodplain and terra firme
communities. METHODOLOGY: The studied communities are located in the middle Solimões
in the state of Amazonas. The field was held in 2015 between May and July and October to
December. The total sample number of this project consists of 243 people, data were collected
through semistructured interviews, referring to food, through the 24-hour recall method. Five
days of recalls were carried out during the flood and drought periods. The recalls were analyzed
and their data were organized in Excel spreadsheets. Data on food (macronutrients, quantities,
consumption and recipes) were organized and stored in the Nutritionist Pro software.
RESULTS: The male vs. female ratio was significant for the 3 macronutrients (PTN, CHO and
LIP), while the floodplain vs. land ratio firm showed significance for carbohydrates, in both
sexes in the flood, and men in the flood, the lipids had significance in both sexes in the flood,
and women in the flood, in the dry x flood ratio, the significant results were in proteins with the
male sex, and in carbohydrates, also in males. CONCLUSION: In summary, further studies are
needed to corroborate the results found in this work, however, the significant results that were
obtained add even more to the literature with new data, and on the need to study this population,
and pay attention to for the nutritional risks in which they are affected.
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