Estado nutricional y riesgo de adiposidad abdominal en un entorno laboral

Aracelys Herrera-Martínez; Hilda Noemí Chávez-Valle; Ivania Rodríguez-Álvarez; Urselia Hernández-López; Mayté Más-Gómez

Authors

Aracelys Herrera-Martínez Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Alimenticia
Hilda Noemí Chávez-Valle Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología
Ivania Rodríguez-Álvarez Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Alimenticia
Urselia Hernández-López Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Alimenticia
Mayté Más-Gómez Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología

Keywords:

nutritional status, overweight, waist circumference, risk of abdominal adiposity

Abstract

Alterations in nutritional status cover several situations that have been increasing, representing a serious challenge for health systems. In order to evaluate the nutritional status and risk of abdominal adiposity in a labor environment, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 88 workers using stratified sampling by work direction and age groups. Nutritional evaluation was carried out using the values of the Body Mass Index and risk of abdominal adiposity using waist circumference values. Nutritional status was characterized; the 52 % of the participants in the study possess high prevalence of malnutrition, with predominance of greater affectation for excess in the 43,1 % of women and the 39,7 % presented increased or very increased abdominal adiposity risk, that leads to the establishment of chronic diseases that increase cardiometabolic risk.