Nutritional status and factors associated with overweight or obesity in workers from a public university in Bogotá, Colombia. 2017-2018

Introduction:Nutritional status reflects energy balance between food intake and physical activity, thus healthy eating habits should be promoted in the work environment. Objective:To characterize the nutritional status and cardiovascular risk of workers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá Campus) and to determine the factors associated with the presence of overweight or obesity in this population. Materials and methods:Cross-sectional study conducted between August 2017 and June 2018 in 131 workers. A bivariate analysis was performed in order to determine the association between the presence of overweight or obesity (Ov/Ob) and the variables considered using Pearson's chi-square and chi-square for linear trend tests, calculating prevalence ratios (PR) with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals; a significance level of p