Abstract:

This study was planned to determine the nutrition habits of the female workers, working that shift in textile sector in Denizli Organized Industrial Zone. In the study 107 female workers were included. The ages of the workers were varying between 18 and 46 with an average of 26,5 ± 5,8. The 73 % of the women was married, while the remaining 27 % was single. According to the results of the study single women skip more meals 62 % when compared to married women. This difference was also found to be statistically. Meaning full (p< 0,01). Breakfast is the most skipped meal with a ratio of 51,4 %, 61,7 % of the primary school graduate and 47,6% of the secondary school graduate women reported that working in shifts does not have any negative effects on their eating habits. With the increase in the age of the women, the ratio of the women stating it has a negative effects is observed to decrease. While more than half of the married women (58,0%) reported that working in shifts neither positively nor negatively affects their eating habits, among the single women, the ratio of those stating that it has adverse effects on their eating habits is slightly more than half (51,7%). However, the impact of the age, level of education and marital status on the opinions of the women about whether working in shifts affects their eating habits was found to be not statistically significant (p>0,05). When the food consumption frequency of the women is considered, cheese is the food that has the highest consumption point (90,3) and it is followed by fruits except for citrus fruits with 76,6 points, and the white bread with 72,5 points. On the other hand, tea is the drink that has the highest consumption point (78,5).

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