title: [Dietary intervention programs in the workplace: an effective prevention strategy].
abstract: The main purpose of our meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of workplace dietary intervention on several variables. We made a systematic literature search by selecting articles published up to September 2009. Only 18 studies were deemed suitable for inclusion criteria considered in our meta-analysis. Among the dietary variables there was significant difference between the two groups after the administration of nutritional intervention programs. A significant improvement was also observed between the anthropometric and metabolic variables. No significant change was instead documented in relation to functional variables (systolic and diastolic pressure). Workplace dietary intervention, improving nutritional, anthropometrical and metabolic variables, can be identified as effective prevention strategy toward chronic diseases.
authors: Sapienza Università di Roma, Unità Operativa di Medicina del Lavoro, Dipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche, Istologiche, Medico-Legali e dell'Apparato Locomotore, Roma, Italy.
authors: D Lettieri
authors: DL
authors: Barbato
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sancini
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Caciari
authors: M V
authors: MV
authors: Rosati
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Tomei
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Tomei
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D017132:Workplace