Abstract
This study was a survey on male workers to examine lifestyle habits and workplace support that is a factor that buffers workplace stress and to determine what factors are related to obesity. Subjects were administered self-reported questionnaires asking about age, lifestyle habits and workplace support. Analysis was performed on 202 male workers (mean age: 49.6(SD9.4) years) who had a health checkup. Comparisons between groups were made using the χ-square test for categorical data. The ratio of obese workers with a body mass index (BMI)≧25.0 was 37.6%. There was no significant difference in the rate of obesity according to age group. Regarding lifestyle habits, 47.6% of workers who ate between meals were obese, while only 30.5% of workers who did not eat between meals were obese, which was a significant difference (p=0.013). Regarding the workplace support scale, the ratio of obese workers was 29.9% of those in the high scoring group and 46.3% of those in the low scoring group, with the obesity rate being significantly higher in the low scoring group (p=0.016). When multivariate analysis by logistic regression analysis was conducted on factors that may contribute to obesity, eating between meals (p=0.007, OR=2.30) and workplace support (p=0.008, OR=0.45) independently played a significant role. The results suggest that, when attempting to prevent or reduce obesity in male workers, the realizable target setting which cared about the content of the eating between meals is required, and that the insufficiency of support in workplaces would lead to obesity.
