Relação entre consumo alimentar da população nordestina e o alto índice de câncer gástrico nesta região

Abstract

Worldwide, stomach cancer appears as the second leading cause of cancer death. The relationship between gastric cancer and nutrition is suggested in several studies, the diet being a very important exogenous factor. Thus, this paper aims to cross data between dietary profile of the northeastern Brazilian population with studies that investigated the relationship between gastric cancer and the main food items consumed, to explain the high incidence of this tumor in the region. For this, a literature review, through literature searches in computerized databases Medline / Pubmed, Lilacs and SciELO, from the period May to July 2013, considering articles that investigated the relationship between gastric cancer and diet. Overall 43 papers were found, of which 21 met the inclusion criteria. The included papers were divided into two groups. The first with northeast region dietary characteristics, and the second, with the influence of traditional food on gastric neoplasms. The items: rice, coffee, beans, meat and soft drinks are among the main food item consumed by the population and some of these foods have in their composition or their storage process, carcinogenic substances. It was also observed that the population of that region consumes less preventive food items for such pathology. Therefore, it can be noted that the diet of the Northeastern population has a close relationship with the development and high incidence of gastric cancer. Such a risk factor must be considered and studied to reduce this pathology in this region