Differences in the Prevalence of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Spanish Workers
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Title: | Differences in the Prevalence of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Spanish Workers |
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Authors: | Ronda-Pérez, Elena | Campos-Mora, Julia | Juan, Alba de | Gea, Teresa | Reid, Alison | Caballero, Pablo |
Research Group/s: | Salud Pública | Grupo Balmis de Investigación en Salud Comunitaria e Historia de la Ciencia |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia |
Keywords: | Demographic characteristics | Health behavior | Education | Fruit and vegetable consumption | Work-related factors | Occupation |
Knowledge Area: | Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública | Enfermería |
Issue Date: | 16-Dec-2020 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Ronda-Pérez E, Campos-Mora J, de Juan A, Gea T, Reid A, Caballero P. Differences in the Prevalence of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Spanish Workers. Nutrients. 2020; 12(12):3848. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123848 |
Abstract: | The present study aims to examine the differences in daily fruit and vegetable consumption in the working population in Spain. A cross-sectional study was conducted, using data from the 2017 National Health Survey (n = 10,700 workers aged between 18 and 65 years). The daily consumption of fruit and vegetables was evaluated using two items included in a food frequency questionnaire. Occupations were classified into the 17 main groups of the National Classification of Occupations of 2011 (CNO-11). The prevalence (P) of daily fruit and vegetable consumption was calculated in relation to sociodemographic characteristics, health behaviors, work-related characteristics and occupations. Logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association, with simple and adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR). The P of daily consumption of fruit and vegetables in workers was 60% for fruit and 40% for vegetables. After adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and health behaviors, workers working night or rotating shifts had a lower consumption of fruits (aOR:0.9; p < 0.05), and those working on temporary contracts had a lower consumption of vegetables (aOR:0.8; p < 0.05). Engineers, scientists, health care workers and teachers had the highest fruit consumption (74.5%) and the highest vegetable consumption (55.1%). The lowest consumption of fruits was presented by the military (42.3%) and unskilled workers in the service sector (45.8%), and the lowest consumption of vegetables was presented by skilled construction workers (25.5%). These findings could aid in workplace health promotion and could be used in future studies to evaluate the impact of the activities adopted. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/111068 |
ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
DOI: | 10.3390/nu12123848 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123848 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas INV - SALUD - Artículos de Revistas |
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