Predominance of overweight and obesity through the body mass index of the night officials from an public hospital in Salvador-Ba.

The overweight it’s highly prevalent between some professional categories that have your work time unsettled. Many studies indicate that people who sleep less, have a big chance to became obese. This research aimed to identify the predominance of overweight and obesity through the Body mass index of...

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Autores: Menezes, Jaciene Braz de Oliveira, Sampaio, Rita de Cássia Leal, Silva, Rita de Cássia Sales Da, Navarro, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Fisiologia do Exercício (IBPEFEX)
Repositorio:Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
Idioma:portugués
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Acceso en línea:https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/105
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Palabra clave:BMI
Body mass index
Overweight
Obesity
Night work
IMC
Índice de masa corporal
Exceso de peso
Obesidad
Trabalho nocturno
Indice di massa corporea
Sovrappeso
Obesità
Lavoro notturno
Índice de massa corpórea
Sobrepeso
Obesidade
Trabalho noturno
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Sumario:The overweight it’s highly prevalent between some professional categories that have your work time unsettled. Many studies indicate that people who sleep less, have a big chance to became obese. This research aimed to identify the predominance of overweight and obesity through the Body mass index of the night officials from an public hospital in Salvador-Ba. Method : study sample with cross of 193 officials that were evaluated through the body mass index (IMC),being considered overweight that people with IMC between 25 a 29.9 kg/m² and considered obesity equals or exceeds 30 kg/m² and the various studied : age, gender and time of night shift. the analyses of the results show that 43.52% presented overweight, and 21.76% presented obesity, so 65.28% of people tested are with overweight. It was observed in the scientific literature studied that the biological changes, psychological and social occurred with shifts of workers make them a population at risk.