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Obesity Among Industrial Workers in Brazil

This study revealed that obesity was significantly associated with increasing age, living with a partner, lower education level, and exsmoking status among industrial workers in Brazil. These findings indicated that intervention strategies need to take into account these characteristics in order to prevent obesity among industrial workers. Objective: Estimate the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors among industrial workers. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of secondary data from workers aged 18 to 59 years in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Results: A total of 20,820 workers (12,372 men and 8448 women) were investigated. The overall prevalence of obesity was 14.6% (95% CI [confidence interval]: 14.2 to 15.1), 16.4% (95% CI: 15.6 to 17.2) among women and 13.5% (95% ci: 12.9 to 14.1) among men. After adjusting, obesity was significantly associated with increasing age, living with a partner, lower education, and ex-smoking status in both sexes. However, it was associated with lower income in women, and higher income and physical inactivity in men. Conclusions: Obesity was prevalent among Brazilian industrial workers and sociodemographic characteristics are important factors related to obesity.