Estilos de vida y estado nutricional en los trabajadores de la Sociedad Minera Prominé S.A del cantón Ponce Enriquez 2014.

Abstract

The present no experimental research of transversal type had like main objective evaluating the life styles and the nutritional state of the Sociedad Minera Promié S.A. personnel. Scio-demographic dates were analysed, of food consumption and anthropometric, in a sample of 60 persons. The information was tabulated and analysed with Microsoft Excel 2007, JPM 5.1. The 86.7 of population was male and 13.3% female; the 50% are managers and 50%are workers. It was found 45% of personnel with nutritional state regular according to IMC (body index-mass), 18,3% with obesity and 36,7% with overweight; 80% presented metabolic risk, according to waist circumference. 83.3% excess of fat mass. According to physical activity 16.7% are active, 35% sedentary and 48.3% have strong physical activity. The 80% have moderate alcohol consumption, 58.3% have the smoking habit 3 cigarettes daily in average. With regard to the food consumption was found that the population has a diet rich in energy, and macronutrients. Were identified relationships meaningful statiscally between nutritional state IMC (body index-mass) and type of labour performance (p=0.001), while more physical activity, best nutritional state IMC (body index-mass). The major energy consumption and macronutrition was in workers that have obesity therefore there was not statistic significancy. The physical activity like life style is more influential in the nutritional state than in the cigarettes and alcohol consumption.