Valoración del estado nutricional en trabajadores de 18 - 65 años, pertenecientes a la empresa camaronera “INDMARZUL”, durante el periodo octubre 2017 - febrero del 2018.

Abstract

Justification: Every day industries are concerned about the health of their workers and a very important issue is food. Objectives: In our objective the nutritional status of the workers was determined through anthropometric and dietary indicators, in the shrimp company "INDMARZUL".Methodology: The research was of descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional type, the same one that was carried out to 115 workers of both sexes.Results: Analyzing the anthropometric parameters, it was determined that 79.7% of the workers do not present an adequate body mass index (BMI), being the same in overweight and obesity; while 18.2% are in an adequate nutritional status and 2.1% were at risk of malnutrition. An interview was conducted through 72 hour reminder forms that showed that the staff consumes an excess of daily calories 4,044 kcal / day, bad eating habits influence the nutritional status of workers so their work performance decreases. Conclusion: The majority of the workforce is not in a correct nutritional status reflected by their anthropometric values and an excessive energy demand.