ELABORATION OF NA INFORMATIVE MATERIAL WITH NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCES FOR WOMANS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER

Resumen

This project´s goal is to elaborate an informative material with nutritional guidances after the antineoplastic treatment for womans diagnosed with breast cancer who attended at the ambulatory of mastology at Maternidade Carmela Dutra within the period of september until december of 2008. An informative and illustrated folder was designed with nutritional guidances for the time after the end of the treatment, as a way of preventing the disease to happen again. The material has basic instructions, focusing on the importance of eating more fruits, vegetables, whole foods, rich on fibers and antioxidants, and reduction on the consumption of food rich on saturated fat and cholesterol. In addition to, this material emphasizes the importance of the adoption of regular physical activity to control and/or reduce body weight. The informations were elaborated in a simpler way, due to facilitate the understanding of the audience.