Insegurança alimentar e nutricional de trabalhadores da construção civil de João Pessoa-PB

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Brasil, Evi Clayton de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; Brasil; Ciências da Nutrição; Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Nutrição; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Indústria da Construção; Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional; Avaliação Nutricional; Consumo de Alimentos; Construction Industry; Food Security; Nutrition Assessment; Food Consumption; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::NUTRICAO
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/4298

Construction workers are embedded in a context of need for ensuring Food and Nutritional Security. Reports conducted by the Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies, between 2009 and 2013, traced the profile of workers in the sector in the country: most blacks and browns, countrymen with lower average income in relation to other professional groups, low education, precarious working conditions. Within this discussion, it should be even considered countryman workers who live in the construction sites during the week, with less frequency returning to their hometowns. Such workers have intensive contact with the workplace and are possibly more susceptible to Food and Nutritional Insecurity. Based on this context, the present study assessed the level of Food and Nutrition Security for workers in the construction industry who live in workplace in the city of João Pessoa-PB. This is a crosssectional study with initially 112 workers in situations of living in 11 construction sites involved in Zé Peão School Program. Workers with at least three months of living in workplace were selected, because this is the time used in the Food Security studies. Individuals affected by metabolic or mental illness were excluded. Moreover, due to the turnover process, specific fact in this field, only 59 workers participated in all stages. At each construction site, three meetings took place in an interval of at least three months between May and November 2013. At first, weight, height, waist circumference and skinfold thickness were collected. In the second meeting, it was applied 24-hour dietary recall to prepare the Health Eating Index concerning the construction site and home for comparison. At last, the 24-hour dietary recalls were applied again, as well as the Brazilian Scale for Measuring Food Insecurity and socioeconomic questionnaire. Statistical analyzes were described as mean, standard deviation, frequency and the Pearson correlation. It was noticed that most of the workers were with Food and Nutritional Insecurity and overweight. It was identified metabolic risk, and the average fat percentage was above recommended. Mean values of the Health Eating Index denoted a diet with necessary modifications, especially in construction site. The consumption of vegetables, fruits, milk, total fat and sodium were below the recommendations. There was a statistically inverse association between Health Eating Index and Body Mass Index, waist circumference, percentage of total fat and cholesterol. Thus, there has been a scenario of risk to health and Food and Nutritional Insecurity among workers surveyed.