THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NUTRITIONIST FOR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

The nutritionist is a professional who works in the promotion, prevention and rehabilitation of health, through healthy eating practices. In the context of Public Health in Brazil, Primary Care is a place of extreme importance for the nutritionist's performance, since Primary Health Care provides direct contact of the population to SUS services. The study aimed to analyze the insertion and action of the nutritionist in the development of actions that promote health and quality of life of primary health care users. For this, an integrative review of the literature was carried out, in which the articles underwent selection and critical analysis for the construction of the present study. Through the inclusion and exclusion criteria, obtained a total of 12 articles that met the requirements and the theme addressed. It can be concluded that it is necessary to have more appreciation of the nutritionist, being important its inclusion in the multidisciplinary team in Primary Care, since it is increasingly fundamental the development of Food and Nutrition Education programs, in which the nutritionist is the most qualified professional to promote such actions.