title: [Anorexia nervosa in a worker: a case report].
abstract: We describe the management of a case of anorexia nervosa (body mass index, -BMI-, 13,6 Kg/m2) in a bank teller. The case was detected through routine occupational health surveillance. After being evaluated by different specialists (general practitioner, psychiatrist and endocrinologist) and being closely monitored (by psychology, nursing, and occupational medicine), the worker regained weight to a near normal BMI (17 Kg/m2) in less than a year and a half. Eating disorders are a common pathology (non-occupationally related), but their high prevalence (5% of the population over a lifetime) and social and job-related impact (affecting more than 20% of cases), make them a necessary focus of attention for health promotion in the workplace. Health prevention, promotion and surveillance may be also reinforced at the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Medicina del Trabajo, Grupo Banco Popular, Madrid, 28042, Spain. lreinoso@bancopopular.es.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reinoso-Barbero
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz-Garrido
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reyes-García
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández-Fernández
authors.forename: María-Concepción
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Garrido-Astray
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Ruipérez