Risk factors and protection for chronic diseases not transmissible in university teachers

• Autor(a) principal: Pinotti, Samara Cristina da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Mezadri, Tatiana, Lacerda, Leo Lynce Valle de, Grillo, Luciane Peter
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/980
• topic: Chronic diseases; Teachers; Food; Enfermedades crónicas; Maestros; Alimentación; Malattie croniche; Insegnanti; Cibo; Doenças crônicas; Docentes; Alimentação; Doenças crônicas; Docentes; Alimentação

Aim: to analyze the risk factors and protection for chronic diseases in teachers of a community university of the Coast of Santa Catarina. Methodology: Data on age, sex, area of activity, weight and height, current marital status and hours of sleep were collected, as well as indicators monitored by the Surveillance System for Risk Factors and Protection for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Inquiry (feeding, physical activity, smoking and drinking). Results: 52 men (43%) and 68 women (57%) answered the questionnaire. It was observed that the prevalent age range was 36 to 45 years (62.4%) for both sexes, the majority are married (80.8%) and work in the health sciences area (48.3%). As for the hours of sleep, women sleep less than 6 hours per night (60.3%) when compared to men (48.1%). The male presented greater excess weight (48.1%), whereas for the female it was obesity (17.6%). For the risk factors, there was a significant difference between the sexes only for meat consumption with fat (p = 0.0351) and regular alcohol consumption (p = 0.0089) with higher values for men. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it was possible to observe that the majority of male university teachers are more exposed to the Risk Factors with respect to the female. It was also found that almost half of the men were overweight, and the women presented more diagnoses of obesity than the men. Protective factors such as diet and regular exercise are below recommended levels in both sexes.