The Impact of the Nutritional Status on Productivity of Industrial Workers

Abstract

The present study was conducted in the Egyptian aluminum utensils industry with the objective of investigating the effectofworkers' nutrition on their productivity. The study population included 44 factories, where 506 male workers were examined, located in Alexandria city and suburbs and in Menoufia and Gharbia governorates. Each worker was interviewed for his food intake on the previous day of examination, subjected to some anthropometric measurements, pulmonary function measurements• (FVC and FEV), and Bioimpedance testing ,then physically examined, with measuring heart rate and blood pressure before work shift (resting), as well as after one hour from beginning of the shift (working). Venous blood samples (4-hours fasting) were collected for assessing hemoglobin concentrations, and stool samples were collected for microscopic examination.