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DUQUE, MO Garzón et al. Influencia de los hábitos alimentarios y condiciones de trabajo en la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad de trabajadores informales de la ciudad de Medellín. Rev. argent. endocrinol. metab. [online]. 2019, vol.56, n.2, pp.40-49. ISSN 1851-3034.

Objective: Determine the eating habits, lifestyles and working conditions that influence the overweight and obesity of informal workers, Medellín. 2016 Methods: cross-sectional descriptive study, with primary sources of information to a census of 686 workers. Assisted survey was applied. Body Weight Index was defined as Overweight and Obesity. Univariate analysis, bivariate and predictive logistic regression. Results: age 50 years (± 11.76), schooling five years, 10 hours of work per day, and 23 years of work. Overweight 42.3% (290), obesity 26.2% (180), 28.9% (198) sedentary, 25.5% (175) consumed liquor and, 16.8% (115) cigarette, 79.6 % (546) consumed food at work and 53.4% (366) without established hours. They preferred boiled, roasted and fried foods. Higher BMI for those who perceived to have overweight / obesity (p<0.001. RP=13.96. IC: 8.28;23.53), and consumed steamed foods (p=0.019. RP=1.59. IC:1.08;2.33), <BMI in smokers (p=0.002. RP =0.48. IC: 0.30;0.76). Conclusion: about weight/obesity in these informal workers, contributes to configure their profile of labor vulnerability. This condition can be reversed.

Palabras clave : Informal workers overweight obesity lifestyle eating habits.

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