RESTRICTIONS OF SLEEP PREDISPOSE TO EXPERIENCE, IN THE LONG-TERM, EXCESS MALNUTRITION AND NON-TRANSMISSIBLE CHRONIC DISEASES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH HAS TO STUDY THE INFLUENCE OF WORKING SHIFTS ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS LIPID PROFILE AND FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE (FBG). STUDY OF A SERIES OF CASES CONSIDERED A TOTAL OF47 RECRUITED WORKERS FROM WHICH 31 OF THEM HAD A ROTATING SHIFT (DAY AND NIGHT) AND 16 A STEADY SHIFT (DAY). THE NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT INVOLVED: BMI (BODY MASS INDEX), WAIST AND HIP CIRCUMFERENCE, TRICIPITAL, BICIPITAL, SUB SCAPULAR AND SUPRA ILIAC SKIN FOLDS. SLEEP HOURS WERE STUDIED WITH A WEEKLY RECORD, FOOD INTAKE WAS STUDIED BY MEANS OF24-HOURS DIETARY RECALL. IT WAS DETERMINED: TOTAL CHOLESTEROL, C-HDL, C-LDL, BLOOD TRIGLYCERIDES AND FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE (FBG). THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED BY 87% WOMEN AND 13% MEN, AVERAGE AGE OF 38,7YEARS [19,0] V/S 44,7[25¿2] (P=0,420) IN ROTATING AND STEADY SHIFTS RESPECTIVELY. THE ROTATING SHIFT DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES COMPARED TO THE STEADY SHIFT IN TERMS OF ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS EXCEPT FOR SUB SCAPULAR SKIN FOLD THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER (P=0,032) IN RELATION TO THE MACRONUTRIENTS INTAKE. LIPID PROFILE AND GLYCERIN DID NOT SHOW IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES (P=>0,05). THE PREVALENCE OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS WAS: ROTATING SHIFT 35,4% NORMAL, 45,1% OVERWEIGHT AND 19,5% OBESE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE STEADY SHIFT SHOWED: 43,7 % NORMAL AND 56¿% OVERWEIGHT. SENIORITY ONLY IN THE ROTATING SHIFT SHOWED A POSITIVE CORRELATION OF BMI (R=0,436 P

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