AVALIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE DA ALIMENTAÇÃO DOS FUNCIONÁRIOS DO SETOR DE LIMPEZA DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE PARTICULAR DE SÃO PAULO

Abstract

Introduction: Life expectation has increased in the lateyears, but this progress is not the same in relation to the good foodhabits. Methods: In this study the cleaners were invited to analyzethe diet quality. In order to analyze the nutrition diagnoses, it wastaken anthropometric data and the BMI data as well (Body MassIndex). The analysis diet quality was based on the questionnairedeveloped by the Brazilian Health Ministry and the results categorizethe diet in: Suitable; Suitable-Partial and Unsuitable. Results: Inrelation to IMC 47,1% cleaners were submitted as being high-weightor obese, 48,5% was normal and 4,4% was low-weight. In dietquality 77,9% cleaners were submitted as suitable-partial.Conclusion: The result in this study is good but the obesityprevailed. This way, it is necessary a program of nutrition educationfor better improvement and prevent the disease associated to obesity.

Termos de indexação - Atenção básica em saúde, Qualidade devida, Saúde coletiva, Hábitos alimentares.