Name: MONICA CATTAFESTA
Publication date: 04/05/2017
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| LUCIANE BRESCIANI SALAROLI | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| LUCIANE BRESCIANI SALAROLI | Advisor * |
| MIRIAM CARMO RODRIGUES BARBOSA | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: : Food consumption and living habits of workers are relevant to productive
capacity due to the possibility of reducing the incidence of diseases, reducing
absenteeism rates, increasing productivity and reducing health costs. However, studies
evaluating food intake in these conditions are scarce in the scientific literature. Thus, the
objective of this dissertation was to evaluate the food consumption of a group of bank
employees, and the association with socioeconomic, behavioral, labor and health
condition factors. This is an observational and cross-sectional study with employees of a
banking network in Grande Vitória/ES/BR. The analysis of main components with
varimax rotation was used to determine the dietary patterns. Three food patterns were
identified: vegetables, fruits, cereals and tubers, sweets and snacks and traditional
and protein. The first pattern was positively associated with the habit of rarely
exchanging lunch for snack, to make five or more meals a day, and not consuming
industrialized seasoning, lower prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and lower levels of
triglycerides and abdominal obesity. On the other hand, the patterns sweets and
snacks and traditional and protein showed associations inverse to those found in the
healthier pattern. The sweets and snacks pattern was also directly associated with the
habit of changing lunch for 1 to 4 times a week, eating in a restaurant 1 to 3 times a day,
not using sweetener, using salt shaker at the table, using industrialized seasonings and to
have higher education. The traditional and protein dietary pattern was associated with
to have four or fewer meals a day, not using sweeteners, using industrialized seasoning
and to receive high social support. It was concluded that in such a homogeneous group
of workers, socioeconomic factors were little associated with dietary patterns. However,
it was possible to identify some influences of food consumption on the anthropometric
and health aspects of these bank employees, such as waist circumference, triglyceride
and the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome.
Key words: Feeding Behavior. Food Consumption. Workers. Occupational Health.
Health Status. Occupational Groups. Bank Employees.
