- Title
- Identifying factors influencing construction workers’ food choices in Gauteng, South Africa: A pilot investigation
- Creator
- Okoro, C., Musonda, I., Agumba, J.
- Subject
- Construction, Health and safety, Nutrition
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/390987
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/122323
- Identifier
- uj:20639
- Identifier
- Citation: Okoro, C, Musonda, I. & Agumba, J. 2016. Identifying factors influencing construction workers’ food choices in Gauteng, South Africa: A pilot investigation.
- Description
- Abstract: Background: Nutrition is linked with health and safety performance of workers. However, there is scant literature focusing on the nutrition of construction workers, especially in South Africa. Methods: This pilot study investigated the factors that influence the nutrition of construction workers. A survey was conducted and data were analysed using Microsoft Excel to determine mean scores and to rank the factors. Results: Nutritional knowledge, economic factors and physiological factors were identified as influencing construction workers’ food choices. Conclusion: These findings provide information that can be used for targeting construction workers’ nutrition which could, in turn, improve health and safety performance on construction sites. Identifying nutrition-influencing factors allows for the design of intervention programmes for construction workers.
- Language
- English
- Rights
- ©2016, authors
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