Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile

Background: Lifestyles and a poor nutritional status are two factors iníluencing the high prevalence of non communicable chronic diseases among Chilean workers. Aim: To characterize lifestyles and nutritional status of workers from the public and prívate sector, residing in the Fifth and in the Metr...

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Autores principales:	Ratner,Rinat, Sabal,Jimena, Hernández,Paulina, Romero,Dangella, Atalah,Eduardo
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2008
Materias:	Life style Nutritional status Overweight
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008001100006
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720080011000062009-03-23Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de ChileRatner,RinatSabal,JimenaHernández,PaulinaRomero,DangellaAtalah,Eduardo Life style Nutritional status Overweight Background: Lifestyles and a poor nutritional status are two factors iníluencing the high prevalence of non communicable chronic diseases among Chilean workers. Aim: To characterize lifestyles and nutritional status of workers from the public and prívate sector, residing in the Fifth and in the Metropolitan regions of Chile. Material and methods: Nutritional status, blood pressure, cholesterol, glycemia, previous medical history, feeding habits and smoking status were assessed in 1,036 women and 709 men aged 38+11 years. Results: Feeding habits were characterized by a low consumption of fruits, vegetables, fish and dairy products and a high consumption offat and sugar Forty five percent smoked and 88% were sedentary. Forty two percent were overweight, 18% were obese, 39% had high blood cholesterol, 23% hypertension and 4% diabetes. There was a positive relationship between obesity and hypertension with an odds ratio (OR) adjusted for sex and educationallevéis of 2.6 (95% confidence intervals (Cl) 1.9-3.7) and diabetes with an OR of 2.8 (95% CI 1.6-4.7). Eighty two percent of obese and 28% of overweight subjects underestimated their nutritional status. Conclusions: A high prevalence of overweight and inadequate lifestyles was found in this population. There was a low self perception of obesity and lack of knowledge about risk factors for chronic diseases.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.136 n.11 20082008-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008001100006es10.4067/S0034-98872008001100006
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spellingShingle	Life style Nutritional status Overweight Ratner,Rinat Sabal,Jimena Hernández,Paulina Romero,Dangella Atalah,Eduardo Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile
description	Background: Lifestyles and a poor nutritional status are two factors iníluencing the high prevalence of non communicable chronic diseases among Chilean workers. Aim: To characterize lifestyles and nutritional status of workers from the public and prívate sector, residing in the Fifth and in the Metropolitan regions of Chile. Material and methods: Nutritional status, blood pressure, cholesterol, glycemia, previous medical history, feeding habits and smoking status were assessed in 1,036 women and 709 men aged 38+11 years. Results: Feeding habits were characterized by a low consumption of fruits, vegetables, fish and dairy products and a high consumption offat and sugar Forty five percent smoked and 88% were sedentary. Forty two percent were overweight, 18% were obese, 39% had high blood cholesterol, 23% hypertension and 4% diabetes. There was a positive relationship between obesity and hypertension with an odds ratio (OR) adjusted for sex and educationallevéis of 2.6 (95% confidence intervals (Cl) 1.9-3.7) and diabetes with an OR of 2.8 (95% CI 1.6-4.7). Eighty two percent of obese and 28% of overweight subjects underestimated their nutritional status. Conclusions: A high prevalence of overweight and inadequate lifestyles was found in this population. There was a low self perception of obesity and lack of knowledge about risk factors for chronic diseases.
author	Ratner,Rinat Sabal,Jimena Hernández,Paulina Romero,Dangella Atalah,Eduardo
author_facet	Ratner,Rinat Sabal,Jimena Hernández,Paulina Romero,Dangella Atalah,Eduardo
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title	Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile
title_short	Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile
title_full	Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile
title_fullStr	Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile
title_sort	estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de chile
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2008
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Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile

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