Situación laboral, hábitos alimenticios y actividad física con sobrepeso y obesidad en el personal de la clínica Medicopharma S.A. Machala.

Abstract

Obesity and overweight is an abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that can be detrimental to health, mostly it develops due to an energy imbalance between calories consumed and expended, which are the cause of physical, psychological and social problems. The objective of this research work was to analyze whether the work situation, eating habits and physical activity affect the overweight and obesity of the staff of the Medicopharma S. A. clinic. Machala in order to develop a strategic improvement proposal. A methodology with a quantitative approach, descriptive and correlational scope was used, using the deductive method, applying a survey, through a questionnaire applied to 78 people who work in the company, with questions adapted from other research carried out in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the data was obtained cross-sectional, where we sought to identify the incidence between the variables. The results showed that there is 80.77% of the total respondents of the Medicopharma SA Machala clinic who suffer from overweight and obesity, where the variables with the highest incidence of overweight and obesity are those that have to do with eating habits and also with physical activity that presents a strong association. Several strategies are proposed to improve the health condition of the personnel according to the results reflected by the research.