Worker Food Program Evaluation in Industries of Recife, Brazil

A cross-sectional study evaluating the Worker Food Program from the perspectives of managers and nutritionists in industries of the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Brazil. The study involved structured questionnaires from 40 managers and 40 nutritionists, alongside an evaluation of the nutritional quality of menus offered. Research by Ruth Cavalcanti Guilherme was published as an Open Access article.

Use Cases

• Analyze knowledge gaps about nutritional requirements among program managers and nutritionists based on survey responses.
• Evaluate the prevalence of ultra-processed versus natural foods in industrial meal services based on menu assessments.
• Study the relationship between labor law compliance and the execution of food and nutritional education actions.
• Assess the implementation of nutritional assessment for workers within the program framework.

Strengths

• Includes survey data from two distinct professional groups: 40 managers and 40 nutritionists.
• Provides specific quantitative findings, such as 22.5% of managers and 72.5% of nutritionists lacking knowledge about program enrollment.
• Evaluates both survey responses and the nutritional content of actual menus offered.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single metropolitan region in north-eastern Brazil.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ruth Cavalcanti Guilherme

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using structured questionnaires and menu evaluation.

Geography

Metropolitan Region of Recife, north-eastern Brazil