Objective
To analyze the association between overweight, obesity and common mental disorders in professional nutritionists from public hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Methods
Sectional study of 289 nutritionists in public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, from October 2011 to August 2012. The body mass index (kg/m2) was used to measure height and weight, and common mental disorders (CMD) by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Socio-demographic (socio-economic status – SES), labor-related and health variables were also included in the study.
Results
The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 32.3% and 15.3% respectively and 37.7% of CMD. Multivariate analysis showed no significant association after adjusting for SES variables, work-related and health (OR = 0.60, 95% CI 0.32 to 1.10 for overweight and OR = 1.09, 95% CI 0.50 to 2.37 for obesity).
Conclusion
There was no significant association between excess weight (overweight and obesity) and CMD. However were found high prevalence of overweight, obesity and CMD, which points to the need for health promotion and prevention strategies for dealing with a population of workers involved with the care of the population.
Mental health; overweight; obesity; nutritionist