Overweight and obesity prevalence in employees of healthcare units in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha de Pádua SOUSA, Ruth Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Pereira SOBRAL, Débora, Rebelo Sampaio da PAZ, Suzana M., de Carvalho e MARTINS, Maria do Carmo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/9704
• topic: body mass index; obesity; overweight; índice de massa corporal; obesidade; sobrepeso

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated factors in employees of four Health Units in the municipality of Teresina, Piauí. MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study with proportionate stratified sampling of 207 day shift employees of Basic Healthcare Units of the city of Teresina, who were interviewed and classified according to their anthropometric data. Nutritional status was determined with body mass index and waist circumference was used to determine cardiovascular risk according to the distribution of body fat. ResultsThe prevalence of excess weight was 53.72%, with 35.16% overweight and 17.70% obese. Overweight was more common among males (45.16%) and obesity among females (19.31%). The variables that were significantly associated with obesity were: age, job, parental obesity, income, smoking and waist circumference. ConclusionThe high rates of excess weight found among Healthcare Unit employees show that health actions to prevent and control obesity are needed to help reduce these indices and chronic disease rates.