Abstract:

Objective: With increased stress in the work life, employees can experience psychological damage such as depression and anxiety; obesity and heart disease. It is said that stress can lead to health problems with unhealthy choices in the diet and its effects on appetite. This study aims to evaluate the effects of work stress and stress on the nutritional status and anthropometric measurements. Individuals and Method: The study was conducted with 34 women and 150 men aged 20-65 and working as administrative staff, cleaning staff and cook at a state university. The survey form was applied to determine the eating habits of individuals, work stress conditions. The 24-hour food consumption records of individuals and the Healthy Eating Index (Healthy Eating Index) scores were calculated; anthropometric measurements were taken. Results: The proportion of those who have no work tensions and who have a poor SII score has been found lower in the administrative staff. If there is no work tension, 76.9 percent of chefs, 89.5 percent of the cleaning staff and 67.9 percent of the administrative staff have high bacterial spine rates and this situation may be a risk for diseases associated with obesity. According to the work stress, the cleaning staff’s oil, pose, B1, B2, vitamin C, niacin, magnesium and iron intake showed a significant difference (p<0.05). The cleaning staff’s oil, pose purchases have shown a significant negative relationship with the work stress score (p<0.05). In the administrative staff, the work stress score, the fruit juice score and the sodium score have shown a negative correlation with the positive, the vegetable score, the protein nutrient intake score. Administrative staff, work load score body mass index, has shown a negative relationship with the back surrounding (p<0.05). Work stress is a factor that affects the nutrition quality and anthropometric measurements of individuals. It is necessary to develop strategies to gain healthy eating habits at work and to reduce work stress.

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