Nutritional management during COVID-19 times in a Primary Health Care Unit: an experience report

The COVID-19 pandemic was mandatory for the search to think health in new ways. Through this, the research objective was to report on the nutritional actions developed in Primary Health Care in this pandemic period. This is a description of the activities accomplished between May and July 2020 at a Family Health Unit in southern Bahia, offering only essential services. The nutritionist attended predominantly older adults in a socially vulnerable situation with a non-communicable disease (NCD) in a clinical decompensation situation. The nutritional services were directed to on-site nutritional counseling using My plate adapted with regional food (valuing the listening and the potential of users) and family participation. In this manner, it was noticed that nutritional counseling based on the user's reality and family support allowed empowerment of these people and better control of NCD.