PERFIL NUTRICIONAL DE FUNCIONÁRIOS DE UM SETOR DE ENFERMAGEM DE UM HOSPITAL DO SUL DE MINAS

Abstract

The field research had as general objective to draw the nutritional profile of employees of the nursing sector of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital of São Francisco de Assis de Très Pontas. The study included 50 employees of the nursing sector and they were classified into two shifis: day shift-25) and nocturnal (n=25) in order to compare the two groups at the end of the research. Information on weight, height and waist circumference were collected. After calculating the Body Mass Index (BMI), the Basal Metabolism Rate (BMR) and then the total energy needs of each individual. For the analysis of the food behavior the method adopted was he 24-hour Reminder applied on three non-consecutive days. The statistica Student's t-test, considering the level of significance p <0.05. The results sho general analysis 32% of the participants were eutrophic while the others were bese. According to shifts, 40% of the daytime employees were classified as e night 24%. Regarding waist circumference, 75% of the women in the day shift an night were in disagreement with the World Health Organization recommendation presented inadequacies of 75% in the daytime and 100% in the night. The mean i and macronutrients presented indices above the recommendation in the two shifts the lipid intake showed a statistically significant difference between the shif presented in the research indicate that most of the employees in the nursing se have an inadequate nutritional profile both in relation to anthropometric evaluc consumption. Thus, the promotion of changes in the food standard becomes nec adequate food influences the quality of life, prevention of pathological diseases better conditions in the work environment.