Open Access<p>Relationship Between Metabolic Syndrome and the Brazilian Workers’ Food Program in Male and Female Manufacturing Workers</p>
Author(s) -
Gabriela Santana Pereira,
Ingrid Wilza Leal Bezerra,
Anissa Melo de Souza,
Ivanaldo Santos,
Vivian Nogueira Silbiger,
Raiane Medeiros Costa,
Karina Gomes Torres,
António G. Oliveira
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s264181
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , metabolic syndrome , cross sectional study , demography , blood pressure , environmental health , obesity , pathology , sociology
Several studies have reported increased cardiometabolic risk among workers assisted by food assistance public policies. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its individual components among manufacturing workers and their relationship to the Brazilian Workers' Food Program (WFP).