title: [Life style, dietary habits and nutritional evaluation of Hospital de Mérida health professionals].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Living habits, several nutritional aspects and relationship between them were studied of Hospital de Mérida health professional of the Extremadura Health Service (SES).
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-three employed workers participates voluntary in this project by submitting a questionary about personal details and life style, and a seven-days-food-intake-dietary. Finally, their anthropometric data were also measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Men tend to play more physical activities than women. They also were more sedentary. They use to smoke less than women, but they do drink more. Normal-weight subjects tried to practice sport during more time than overweight and obese ones. However, they also remained sitting for longer periods on a weekly basis. The average daily intakes of kilocalories were higher in men, but protein intakes were higher in women. Fat intake was increased in both sexes. The average daily intake of kilocalories was lower in obese subjects than over and normal-weights ones. An increase in the body mass index was accompanied by a bigger waist perimeter, waist to hip ratio, fat mass and body fat percentage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of people interviewed in the survey have healthy living and dietary habits. Protein and fat daily intake is slightly higher than the values recommended by the WHO. Carbohydrates intake, by contrast, is lower.
authors: DUE Hospital de Mérida, SES, Master Universitario en investigación en Ciencias de la Salud, especialidad en Biomedicina, UEX, Doctorando.. raulmarquez1@msn.com.
authors: Raúl
authors: R
authors: Márquez Moreno
authors: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Infanta Cristina, SES.. raulmarquez1@msn.com.
authors: Pilar Isabel
authors: PI
authors: Beato Víbora
authors: Departamento de Fisiología, UEX, Badajoz. España.. raulmarquez1@msn.com.
authors: M Ángeles
authors: MÁ
authors: Tormo García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires