Condición nutricional y hábitos alimentarios de los asistentes a consulta de nutrición en España dentro del ámbito laboral

Abstract

Background: Feeding habits and nutritional condition ofworkers must be considered in the workplace, with the aim ofpromoting a healthy lifestyle in preventing chronic diseasesand improving the quality of life.Objectives: to know the nutritional status of a sample ofworkers in a company, along with their degree of adherence tothe Mediterranean diet and other factors related to lifestyle Methods: It is a cross-sectional descriptive study based onthe data collection of 634 workers who voluntarily attendedthe consultation of a Dietitian-Nutritionist within your com-pany. It has been evaluated: the nutritional status, adherenceto the Mediterranean diet by the PREDIMED questionnaire,and other factors such as lifestyle, blood tests and relatedpathologies. Results: The main reason for consultation was the nutri-tional assessment followed by weight loss and hypercholes-terolemia. 55.21% of the sample had excess weight(40.22% overweight and 14.99% obesity) according to theBMI; 62.15% had an ICT> 0.50; 64.04% excess body fataccording to Bray (17) and 55.52% according to Gallagher(18). In addition, 29.34% had low adherence to theMediterranean diet. Subjects with less adherence to this di-etary pattern had higher BMI (P = 0.007) and percentage ofbody fat according to Bray (p = 0.007). 39.27% were seden-tary, coinciding with those who had higher ICT (0.002) andhigher BMI (p = 0.003). Conclusion: the prevalence of overweight and obesity wasalarmingly high, especially in men. Greater adherence to theMediterranean diet according to the PREDIMED questionnaireand greater practice of physical activity was associated with abetter nutritional condition in general. The importance of thefigure of the Dietitian-Nutritionist in the companies for agreater nutritional education stands out