Estado nutricional de trabalhadores que atuam na estratégia de saúde da família na cidade de Manaus-AM, 2010

Abstract

Introduction: Overweight and obesity rates have been increasing in recent years and little is known of this trend in workers of the Family Health Strategy. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of workers working in the health strategy of the family in the city of Manaus-AM, 2010. Methodology: The survey was conducted, from May to October 2010, by selecting a census of the workers of the Family Health Strategy for the South Health District, namely doctors, nurses, dentists, technicians, nurses, technicians, dental hygiene and community health worker, totaling 524 workers in professional practice. Because it is a longitudinal study with three subsequent interviews, we referred to the Human Resources department of the SEMS (Municipal Health Manaus) to raise the workers who were licensed at the beginning of the collection or enjoying holiday period address any one of three interviews, with an interval of 30 days, so 255 became eligible for this study. Of these, 30 were excluded for health-related characteristics, namely: 25 reported previous diagnosis of diabetes, hypertension and / or gastritis, morbidities that interfere with the profile of food intake, and 5 subjects were in the gestational period. Among the 225 subjects who met strict inclusion criteria, seven were interviewed but did not allow performing anthropometry at the first interview, 19 did not complete the three required interviews the evaluation proposed in this project, of which 9 are dropped in the second interview and 10 chose not to continue in the third. We obtained complete data from 199 of the 225 eligible subjects, with a loss of about 11%. Anthropometry was performed in the first two interviews, by measuring weight and height to calculate body mass index and waist circumference in which were classified as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). In anthropometry protocol contained sociodemographic information (gender, age, duration of work in the health strategy of the family, monthly family income, physical activity 150 minutes or more per week). For analysis of food consumption was applied in three stages, two types of dietary survey: 24-hour recall and food marker consumption Surveillance System Food and Nutrition (SISVAN). For evaluation of nutrient intake (calories, carbohydrates, saturated fats, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and fibers) collected from the 24-hour recall was used for nutritional assessment software Diet Pro version 5.1. With the marker SISVAN, analyzed the difference between the weekly frequencies of consumption of food groups regarding demographic variables in workers. Data analysis was done with the aid of the statistical program STATA version 11.0 and 2.11 R Results: The results were divided into two articles: Article 1 - found a high rate of overweight among women, 62.1% and 51.2%, respectively, male and female. For waist circumference women had 51.8% in the very high risk. It was found that this population is sedentary (75.9%). In relation to food consumption, both sexes consumed energy below recommended levels, but high intake of protein, carbohydrate, saturated fat and fiber. 11 Article 2 - The average consumption of cooked vegetables was higher among those who practiced physical activity (p = 0.032) and among those with higher monthly household income (25 to 30 minimum wages). The average consumption of fruits had significant differences in physical activity, occupation and monthly family income (p <0.05). The average consumption of beans had significant difference with the professional category and income, 25 to 30 minimum wages (p <0.05). The milk group and / or yogurt, too, significant difference in the professional category and monthly income, and the ACD had higher average consumption (p = 0.038) than the other categories and who have a monthly family income between 19 to 24 minimum wages (p = 0.041). The average consumption of crackers and fried chips showed a significant difference between the professional category, education and monthly income. Conclusion: These findings may relate to the development of chronic diseases, requiring adoption of preventive measures and health care of these workers. The survey System Food and Nutrition Surveillance has limitations to relate food intake with diseases, and investigation of food habits of the population in general and this study.