Hábitos alimentarios y composición corporal influenciados por el estrés laboral en trabajadores del sector público estratégico CNT EP Portoviejo – Manabí.

Abstract

Work stress is one of the factors that greatly affects both the individual's well-being and quality of life. The objective of this research was to analyze the influence of work stress on eating habits and body composition of workers in the strategic public sector CNT EP Portoviejo - Manabí. This research was descriptive, with a cross-sectional quantitative approach, non-experimental, correlational design. Questionnaires were carried out both to know the level of work stress through the ILO - WHO Scale and to record the frequency of food consumption, in addition to taking anthropometric measurements using bioimpedance. Among the results, it was possible to show that, of the 150 workers interviewed, 100% had a low level of work stress and, most of them had an insufficient intake of dairy products (94%), vegetables (80.7%) and fruits (86%), as well as meats (83.3%), breads and cereals (80.7%). Similarly, there is evidence of a high rate of overweight (19.4%) and obesity (79.3%) which is evidenced by the percentage of fat. It was concluded that work stress does not influence body composition or eating habits of this population, however, there is a high incidence of malnutrition due to excess and unhealthy eating habits.