Regular consumption of fruit and vegetables by the Judiciary’s public servers of the <i>Minas Gerais</i> State, Brazil

COSTA, Ana Paula Marques de Araújo; ASSUNÇÃO, Ada Ávila; COSTA, Bruna Vieira de Lima

doi:10.1590/1678-9865202134e200129

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ORIGINAL • Rev. Nutr. 34 • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-9865202134e200129 copy

Regular consumption of fruit and vegetables by the Judiciary’s public servers of the Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Consumo regular de frutas e hortaliças por servidores públicos do Poder Judiciário de Minas Gerais, Brasil

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ABSTRACT

Objective

To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with the regular consumption of fruits and vegetables by the civil servants of the Minas Gerais State Judicial System.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional analytical study, with a representative sample (n=1.005) of the Minas Gerais State Judicial System’s civil servants. The outcome variable “regular fruit and vegetable consumption” refers to fruit and vegetable consumption on five or more days per week. The explanatory variables were divided into three blocks: (1) sociodemographic (gender, age, education, race/skin color; income); (2) health conditions and life habits (chronic diseases, absenteeism due to illness, consumption of alcoholic beverages, smoking, physical activity and nutritional status); and (3) work characteristics and psychosocial factors (weekly workload, position, overtime, use of the electronic Judicial Process, county, psychological demand and control). Hierarchical Poisson regression by blocks was used to analyze potential factors associated with the outcome.

Results

The prevalence of regular consumption of fruits and vegetables was 55.3%. Associations were found with female gender, income above 12 minimum wages, sufficient physical activity, use of Electronic Judicial Process, while there was a negative association with alcohol abuse.

Conclusion

Regular consumption of fruit and vegetable among civil servants in the Judiciary was positively associated with female gender, higher incomes and physical activity. The consumption of alcoholic beverages was negatively associated with the outcome. Educational actions and programs aimed at encouraging healthy lifestyle habits are recommended, in order to raise awareness and involve public servants at all stages of the process.

Keywords
Food consumption; Fruits; Judiciary; Vegetables; Working conditions

Population description	Absolute frequency (n)	Relative frequency (%)	CI95%
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender
Male	474	37.2	37.19-37.28
Female	531	62.8	62.72-62.81
Age group
˂40 years	311	38.0	37.29-38.70
40 to 49 years	305	32.8	30.62-35.06
˃49 years	389	29.2	27.06-31.27
Education
Up to high school	118	9.5	7.07-11.97
University	389	41.9	36.80-46.91
Postgraduate studies	498	48.6	43.55-53.69
Race/skin color
White	673	69.6	65.11-74.00
Non white	332	30.4	25.99-34.88
Income
<6 minimum wage	359	44.7	40.48-48.83
De 6 to 12 minimum wage	427	35.8	31.37-40.29
>12 minimum wage	219	19.5	16.27-22.76
Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases
No	554	59.8	55.08-64.43
Yes	451	40.2	35.57-44.92
Nutritional status
Eutrophic	489	57.8	54.15-61.33
Overweight	403	33.1	29.50-36.72
Obese	113	9.1	7.16-11.13
Absenteeism illness
No	631	62.8	58.08-67.58
Yes	374	37.2	32.42-41.92
Abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages
No	755	75.4	71.09-79.68
Yes	250	24.6	20.32-28.91
Smoking
No	940	94.1	91.94-96.31
Yes	65	5.9	3.68-8.05
Enough physical activity
No	448	43.1	38.08-48.19
Yes	557	56.9	51.81-61.92
Work characteristics and psychosocial factors
Contractual workload hours
≤30 hours	744	80.6	76.95-84.29
31 to 44 hours	261	19.4	15.71-23.05
Position
Level 1	125	2.9	2.41-3.49
Level 2 Administrative	272	28.7	26.49-30.86
Level 2 Technical	289	52.5	49.68-55.12
Level 3	319	15.9	13.79-18.17
Overtime
No	297	35.5	30.62-40.42
Yes	708	64.5	59.58-69.38
Use of the Electronic Court Process
No	857	75.4	70.79-79.99
Yes	148	24.6	20.01-29.21
Type of district
First instance	335	20.0	19.64-20.42
Second instance	368	26.9	26.87-26.96
Special instance	302	53.1	52.66-53.45
Psychological demand
Low demand	633	57.3	52.22-62.33
High demand	372	42.7	37.67-47.78
Work control
Low control	591	46.1	40.98-51.04
High control	414	53.9	48.96-59.02
Demand Control Model
Low wear	391	33.8	29.10-38.57
Active work	200	20.2	15.99-24.32
Passive work	242	23.4	19.41-27.47
High wear	172	22.6	18.08-27.05
No	459	44.7	39.69-49.70
Yes	546	55.3	50.30-60.31

Characteristics	Regular consumption of fruits and vegetables
Characteristics	%^**	PR	CI95%
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender
Male	47.5	-
Female	59.9	1.262	1.062-1.502^*
Age
<40 years	51.9	-
40 to 49 years	54.6	1.053	0.821-1.349
>49 years	60.6	1.168	0.956-1.428^*
Education
Up to high school	51.2	-
University	58.3	1.138	0.843-1.536
Postgraduate studies	53.5	1.044	0.775-1.405
Income^**
<6 minimum wage	49.9	-
From 6 to 12 minimum wage	57.7	1.155	0.937-1.425^*
>12 minimum wage	63.3	1.269	1.008-1.596^*
Race/skin color
White	54.7	-
Not white	56.8	1.057	0.876-1.275
Health conditions and life habits
Chronic noncommunicable diseases
No	56.2	-
Yes	53.9	0.959	0.798-1.154
Nutritional status
Eutrophic	57.3	-
Overweight	56.1	0.98	0.822-1.167
Obese	44	0.769	0.575-1.028^*
Absenteeism-illness
No	59.1	-
Yes	48.8	0.825	0.686-0.993^*
Abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages
No	58.7	-
Yes	45	0.768	0.609-0.968^*
Smoking
No	54.8	-
Yes	62.9	1.148	0.871-1.512
Enough physical activity
No	45.4	-
Yes	62.8	1.385	1.134-1.692^*
Work characteristics and psychosocial factors
Weekly workload
<=30 hours	55.0	-
31 to 44 hours	56.4	1.025	0.823-1.278
Positions
Level I	44.6	-
Level II administrative	53.4	1.197	0.907-1.580
Level II technical	53.2	1.193	0.899-1.584
Level III	67.7	1.518	1.164-1.980^*
Overtime
No	54.9	-
Yes	55.5	1.01	0.822-1.241
eJP use
No	51.6	-
Yes	66.6	1.289	1.057-1.573
Type of district
First instance	48.5	-
Second instance	52.6	1.085	0.900-1.307
Special court grade	59.2	1.222	1.008-1.482^*
Psychological demand
Low demand	57.6	-
High demand	52.2	0.907	0.750-1.097
Work control
High control	58.2	-
Low control	51.9	0.893	0.742-1.075
Demand Control-Model
Low wear	59.7	-
Active work	55.5	0.93	0.728-1.187
Passive work	54.5	0.913	0.730-1.142
High wear	49.3	0.825	0.630-1.080

Characteristics	Regular consumption of fruits and vegetables
Characteristics	Gross PR	Adjusted PR	CI95%
Sociodemographic Characteristics Block
Gender
Male
Female	1.319	1.306	1.102-1.547^**
Age
<40 years
40 to 49 years	0.931	0.961	0.742-1.244
> 49 years	1.108	1.056	0.840-1.329
Income^**
<6 minimum wages
From 6 to 12 minimum wages	1.583	1.175	0.948-1.457
>12 minimum wages	1.302	1.295	0.998-1.681^*
Block health conditions and living habits
Nutritional status
Eutrophic
Overweight	1.013	1.024	0.866-1.211
Obese	0.875	0.853	0.642-1.132
Absenteeism-illness
No
Yes	0.835	0.844	0.708-1.006^*
Abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages
No
Yes	0.794	0.757	0.610-0.939^*
Enough physical activity
No
Yes	1.393	1.467	1.215-1.772^**
Work Characteristics and Psychosocial Factors Block
Positions
Level I
Level II Administrative	1.264	1.228	0.910-1.656
Level II Technical	1.172	1.207	0.894-1.631
Level III	1.377	1.450	1.079-1.948^*
eJP use
No
Yes	1.255	1.268	1.992-1.621^*
Type of district
First instance
Second instance	1.106	1.092	0.905-1.319
Special court degree	1.071	1.094	0.866-1.384^*
Work control
High control
Low control	0.805	0.827	0.632-1.082
Demand control-model
Low wear
Active work	0.942	0.929	0.739-1.168
Passive work	0.178	0.171	0.881-1.556
High wear	1.000	1.000	omitted

Characteristics	Gross PR	Adjusted PR	CI95%
Gender
Male
Female	1.246	1.255	1.065-1.480^**
Income
<6 minimum wages
>12 minimum wages	1.357	1.336	1.080-1.652^**
Enough physical activity
No
Yes	1.377	1.417	1.171-1.715^**
Abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages
No		-
Yes	0.729	0.744	0.594-0.932^**
eJP use
No		-
Yes	1.251	1.215	1.010-1.464^*

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[1] Correspondente:
A.Á. ASSUNÇÃO. E-mail: <avilaufmg@gmail.com>.