Lifestyle and its relation with the nutritional status of the workers of the Instituto Politécnico de la Salud, UNAN-Managua

Abstract

In order to evaluate the lifestyles and their relationship with the nutritional status of the workers of the Instituto Politécnico de Salud, POLISAL, a descriptive, correlational and analytical study was carried out. The data on the sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional status and lifestyles were analyzed, among them; eating habits, activity and physical exercise, sleep patterns and stress management and use of toxic substances, such as alcohol and tobacco. The carried out statistical analyzes were: descriptive, non-Parametric V correlation tests of Cramer. From the obtained analysis and discussion of the results, the following conclusions were reached: 86% presented overweight or some degree of obesity, a situation that is sharpened in the 96% of teachers. A food pattern composed of 10 foods: pepper, oil, onion, tomato, rice, sugar, beans, coffee, chicken and bread, with a little diverse diet, their main source of caloric intake are fats, 74% do not exercise physically, 67% have good stress management, low alcohol and tobacco consumption, there is no a significant association between lifestyles and nutritional status with a p = 0.42.