title: Nutritional and food insecurity of construction workers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Construction workers have intensive contact with their workplace and are possibly susceptible to Nutritional and Food Insecurity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper assessed the Food Security status, diet and anthropometric measures of workers in the Construction Industry living in the city of João Pessoa, PB.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study included 59 workers housed at construction sites. The workers were given the Brazilian Scale for Measuring Food Insecurity and Nutrition, had anthropometric measures taken and completed the Diet Quality Index, comparing their eating at the construction site and at home. Statistical analyses described the mean, standard deviation, frequency and Pearson correlations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Food Insecurity was reported by 71.2% of the workers, and 69.5% were overweight. The mean values of the Healthy Eating Index suggested that the workers' diets were in need of modification. There were statistically significant inverse associations among the Healthy Eating Index and Body Mass Index, waist circumference, percentage of total fat and cholesterol.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Values obtained using the Scale showed Food Insecurity coupled with high excess weight and dietary inadequacies, revealing that these workers are at risk for health problems.
authors.forename: Evi Clayton
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: de Lima Brasil
authors.forename: Lindemberg Medeiros
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Rodrigo Pinheiro
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: de Toledo Vianna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001938:Brazil; D060389:Construction Industry; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Construction industry; food consumption; food security; nutritional assessment