New market labor and obesity: A nation-wide Italian cross-sectional study

• Authors: Pamela Barbadoro , Elisa Ponzio , Carlos J. Chiatti , Francesco Di Stanislao , Marcello M. D'Errico , Emilia Prospero

Abstracts

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Objectives To investigate the prevalence of obesity among different types of employment status in the Italian working population, and to examine associated risk factors. Material and Methods Cross-sectional survey of 36 814 people that declared to have been occupied with the same type of contract for at least 5 years was analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression models were built considering workers’ sex, age, education, family body mass index (BMI) category, leisure time and occupational physical activity, weight control habits, smoking habit, use of drugs, number of working hours per week, and type of working contract. Results After adjusting for covariates, the importance of temporary-employment was confirmed by multivariate analysis, with odds ratio (OR) = 1.32 for obesity (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07–1.63) with respect to employed persons; the association was even more important in workers occupied for more than 40 h/week (OR = 1.69, 95% CI: 1.07–2.66); moreover, shiftwork was confirmed as a risk factor for obesity in workers (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.94–1.2). Dealing with different occupational group, some categories were associated with obesity; in particular, this phenomenon involved people employed in agriculture (OR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.22–1.7), transportation (OR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.26–1.85), and public administration (OR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.1–1.55). Conclusions Our analysis suggest that obesity is strongly correlated with temporary employment. Maybe the way out this pathway to obesity in the future might be working better, choosing organizational flexibility rather than fixed term. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2016;29(6):903–914

Keywords

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obesity; epidemiology; work; socioeconomic factors; employment/statistics and numerical data; working hours

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 903-914

Dates

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2016

Contributors

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Pamela Barbadoro

• Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy (Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health)

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Elisa Ponzio

• Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy (Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health)

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Carlos J. Chiatti

• Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy

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Francesco Di Stanislao

• Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy (Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health)

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Marcello M. D'Errico

• Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy (Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health)

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Emilia Prospero

• Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy (Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health)

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00474

Biblioteka Nauki

2168375