Relación entre el estado nutricional y los hábitos alimentarios de los trabajadores de la Empresa Senecorp S.A., en la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the relationship between the nutritional status and eating habits of the workers of the company SENECORP S.A. in the city of Guayaquil, as the increase in diseases associated with malnutrition is growing, generating an increase in the company's costs due to the absence and poor performance of the worker in his job. Nutrition is the science that studies nutritional needs and how to meet them to keep the human being healthy; Under this concept this work sought to confirm that the eating habits in the company are inadequate and; therefore they are the origin of a person being underweight, overweight or obese. By applying the Muscle Mass Index (BMI) and a clinical record to diagnose nutritional status and eating habits in a group of 30 office workers, the results showed that there is an imbalance in the diet of workers, which is affecting to the health of the staff and their performance.