Lopes, Márcia Marília Gomes DantasAraujo, Julia Kaline Carvalho Pereira2022-12-212022-12-212022-11-18ARAUJO, Julia Kaline Carvalho Pereira. Relação entre o consumo alimentar de acordo com a classificação NOVA e o estadiamento histopatológico do câncer de tireoide. 2022. 36 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (graduação) - Departamento de Nutrição, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, 2022.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/50406The world consumption of processed foods has increased significantly in recent years and its relationship with the development of chronic non-communicable diseases has already been reported and verified in several studies. With that, the NOVA Classification of foods was published, grouping them into four groups, according to their level of processing. The present study aimed to relate food consumption using the NOVA system with histopathological staging in individuals with thyroid cancer (TC). For this, the food consumption of the individuals was evaluated using 24-hour recalls (R24H) collected in up to three moments and the food was classified according to the NOVA system. To assess nutritional status, the variable Body Mass Index (BMI) and percentage of body fat (BF) were used. Histopathological analyzes were performed by pathologists and histopathological staging was classified according to the 8th edition of the TNM classification and staging system. Statistical analyzes were performed using the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) v. 29.0, with p <0.005 considered as significant. The sample consisted of 94 patients, 80.85% adults and 19.15% elderly, 25 with benign CT and 69 malignant, predominantly female (86.17%) and median age of 48 (18 - 87) years. Most participants were overweight and had a high percentage of body fat. No significant associations were found when analyzing the food groups consumed among individuals, with regard to malignancy (p > 0.05). As for the consumption of ultra-processed foods and tumor staging, it was observed that individuals in more advanced staging had slightly higher consumption of ultra-processed foods than in the initial stages, but this was not statistically significant (p = 0.424). Therefore, the present study did not find a relationship between the level of processing of consumed foods and the histopathological staging of individuals with CT in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/Classificação NOVANOVA ClassificationCâncer de tireoideThyroid cancerConsumo AlimentarFood ConsumptionbachelorThesis