ABSTRACT
This longitudinal study aimed to evaluate the association between dietary patterns and the body composition of hospital workers subjected to occupational stressors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on sociodemographic, occupational, lifestyle, anthropometric, food consumption and occupational stress were collected before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 218 workers from a private hospital in Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil were included in the study. After evaluating the normality of the data, parametric or non-parametric tests were used to characterize the sample. Dietary pattern was defined with Exploratory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the desired association. During the pandemic, work per shift increased by 8.2% (p = 0.004) and working hours > 40 h/week increased by 9.2% (p = 0.006). Despite the higher prevalence of low occupational stress (85.8% vs. 72.1%), high stress increased by 13.7% from 2019 to 2020 (p < 0.001) and 30.3% reported a positive mediating effect on the variables of body composition, body mass index (b = 0.478; p < 0.001), waist circumference (b = 0.395; p = 0.001), fat-free mass (b = 0.440; p = 0.001) and fat mass (b = -0.104; p = 0.292). Therefore, a dietary pattern containing high-calorie foods was associated with changes in the body composition of hospital workers, including occupational stressors as mediators of this relationship.
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COVID-19 , Occupational Stress , Humans , Pandemics , Longitudinal Studies , COVID-19/epidemiology , Body Composition , HospitalsABSTRACT
Nutritional diet and essential bioactive supplements can shape out to be a vital technique to attain healthy and well-balanced body functioning. Unhealthy dietary habits can result into various physical ailment and one becomes prone to various disease because of the same. COVID-19 infection depends on a two-phase immune response and the risk of infection or overcoming the infection is higher for stronger immune system. In this piece of writing we have correlated the properties of certain immunity strengthening food against the risk of various viral infections. We had also conducted a survey with people living all across India to study the change in food pattern and preferences during this pandemic lockdown situation and have presented them in graphical format. A healthy diet consisting of variou © 2022. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences. All Rights Reserved.
ABSTRACT
Nutritional diet and essential bioactive supplements can shape out to be a vital technique to attain healthy and well-balanced body functioning. Unhealthy dietary habits can result into various physical ailment and one becomes prone to various disease because of the same. COVID-19 infection depends on a two-phase immune response and the risk of infection or overcoming the infection is higher for stronger immune system. In this piece of writing we have correlated the properties of certain immunity strengthening food against the risk of various viral infections. We had also conducted a survey with people living all across India to study the change in food pattern and preferences during this pandemic lockdown situation and have presented them in graphical format. A healthy diet consisting of various components like minerals, zinc, iron, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E has been seen to improve immune system and strengthens it.