Estado nutricional dos servidores técnicos administrativos em educação de uma universidade pública associado aos hábitos alimentares e às práticas de atividade física

Abstract

The Occupational Health aims to understand the cycle of life of workers and work processes in an articulated manner. In today's society obesity is considered a chronic disease whose prevalence increased in recent decades has given important implications for the development of strategies for action in public health. Considering the importance of preventing obesity as chronic non- communicable disease and a risk factor for other diseases, and its impact on workers' health, the present study aimed to describe the nutritional status of the servers in Administrative Technical Education (TAES) at the University Federal de Juiz de Fora and associate it with food habits and physical activity practices of these servers. For this a cross-sectional epidemiological study with 487 workers TAES aged 19-66 years has been carried out. The data collection instrument was a self-administered questionnaire that included questions on dietary intake, physical activity, socioeconomic and demographic issues and end the measurement of weight and height was performed to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI) and measurement of waist circumference. The data were processed in a database created by using the statistical program Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0. The results revealed that 39.5 % of servers are eutrophic with weight, 34.7 % overweight and 24.6 % obese. As for physical activity, 57 % of the servers are active and 43 % inactive. The consumption of fruits, vegetables and milk showed that most servers tend to have a varied diet, ma not reaching recommended consumption levels for these foods. The nutritional status varied according to indicators such as age, sex, education and income, confirming that these variables influence the weight of individuals. Thus, the present study demonstrated that an action is needed toward the worker's health with regard to the prevention and treatment of obesity as a way to minimize the incidence of chronic diseases in the studied universe.