title: Nutritional variables and work-related accidents: a case-control study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nutritional aspects are important for the prevention of diseases and disorders, and few studies have focused on the relationship between risk of work injury and nutritional variables.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to verify whether nutritional variables constitute risk factors for work-related accidents.
  
  
  METHODS
  1,422 industrial workers (600 cases plus 822 controls).
  
  
  METHODS
  A case-control study was carried out in an industrial city in south-east Brazil. A multiple logistic regression model was adjusted using work-related accidents as the response variable and nutritional variables as predictors. The associations were assessed by Odds Ratio (OR), with a p-value < 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  47.29% of the workers were overweight or obese. Protective factors for work-related accidents were (a) attending formal education for an above average number of years (OR=0.91, p< 0.0001) and (b) eating a traditional dinner (OR=0.67, p=0.0087). Risks factors were (a) hard physical effort in the workplace (OR=1.37, p< 0.0001), (b) having lunch in the workplace (OR=1.57, p<0.0001) and (c) receiving government benefits in the form of food stamps (OR=1.39, p=0.0350) or food baskets (OR=1.30, p=0.0414).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest an association between nutritional variables and work-related accidents. This indicates the need, during the formulation of policies for these kinds of government benefits, to include nutrition aspects in order to minimize work-related accidents risks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Policies and Collective Health, Institute of Health and Society, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M A T
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Policies and Collective Health, Institute of Health and Society, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lia Thieme Oikawa
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Zangirolani
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Carlos
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.affiliation: Nutrition in Foodservice Research Nucleus (NUPPRE), Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Proença Rossana Pacheco
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Metabolism, Departament of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosa Wanda
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Diez-Garcia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009753:Nutritive Value; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Work-related accidents; food practices; nutrition policies; nutritional status; occupational health