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Anthropometric profile of workers with different workplaces
| dc.contributor.author | Leal, Cristiana Sofia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Neto, Sara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pereira, Filomena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ribeiro, Margarida | |
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida-de-Souza, Juliana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-24T16:59:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-24T16:59:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background The eating habits are acquired mostly during childhoodin. However, somes factors such as work place, meal times, reduced physical activity, prolonged sitting at work, type of activity and the possibility of free food consumption may influence eating habits and consequently change the nutritional status of people (Martins, 2010 e Fisberg, 2006). According to Martins (2010), the pattern of obesity among different types of jobs or activities differs by gender, the prevalence of this pattern is higher in people whose work involves driving a car, because it is a sedentary activity, and BMI may differ depending on the type of job. Objectives To characterize the nutritional status of workers and verify the influence of different workplaces in the nutritional status. Methods Data collection was collected with workers at a company from Oporto to Portugal. Workers were classified according to their workplaces: crew chief (CRC), administrative, controller dock (CD), preparer order (PO), clerk of goods (CG), charger commodity (CC), responsible for department (RD), cleaner and a driver. The anthropometric profile was measured by body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and body fat percentage (%BF) obtained from the bioimpedance. Were used reference values proposed by WHO to categorize the BMI and WHR. The %BF was categorized according Gallagher et al. (2000). Statistical analysis was performed using the Kruskal–Wallis Test in SPSS 17.0. Results The sample was compose by 80 workers with mean age 34 ± 9 years old. Mostly workers were male (54 %) and their workplaces were: 45.0 % PO; 18.8 % CG; 15.0 % administrative; 6.3 % driver; 5.0 % CRC; 5.0 % CC; 2.5 % cleaner; 1.3 % CD and 1.3 % RD. Based on BMI, it was found that 42.5 % have Normal weight, 46.3 % Overweight and 11.3 % Obesity. Regarding the WHR, it was verified that 86 % of female and 5 % of male have central obesity. For the %BF, it was found that women is more overfat (31 ± 6 %) compared to men (19.2 ± 7.2 %). There was no difference between the median of the anthropometric measurements and the workplaces. Conclusion Through the preliminary results we conclude that the job does not influence the nutritional status of workers because there is no relationship between the workplace and anthropometric measurements. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Leal, Cristiana Sofia; Neto, Sara; Pereira, Filomena; Ribeiro, Margarida; Souza, Juliana (2012). Anthropometric profile of workers with different workplaces. In The IEA-EEF European Congress of Epidemiology 2012: Epidemiology for a Fair and Healthy Society. Porto. ISSN 0393-2990. p. s133-s133 | por |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0393-2990 print | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1573-7284 on-line | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10583 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | Springer - European Journal of Epidemiology | por |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | http://www.springerlink.com/content/45745132180p7215/fulltext.pdf | por |
| dc.subject | Anthropometric | por |
| dc.subject | Workplaces | por |
| dc.title | Anthropometric profile of workers with different workplaces | por |
| dc.type | conference object | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | S133 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | S133 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | European Journal of Epidemiology | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 27 | por |
| person.familyName | Almeida-de-Souza | |
| person.givenName | Juliana | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | FA14-073E-C116 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-2578-3684 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 57194551953 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | conferenceObject | por |
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