Chronic venous disease is an important public health problem which may greatly impair the quality of one's work, generate absenteeism and hospital admittances. Although, so far, no evidence exists of the direct cause-effect relation between venous disease and work output, there is a scientific consensus that certain working conditions may increase the risk of developing the condition. The present study evaluates which factors may influence the onset or severity of lower limb venous disease in workers of a Unit of Food Service, pointing out the importance and the possibility of deepening the discussions around this subject and suggest that a protocol be established to prevent and treat venous diseases stemming from working conditions. It could be the start of a process to identify this condition as an occupational disease, therefore contributing for a conceptual reformulation of the obligations stemming from this professional activity.
Collective feeding; Working conditions; Human Engineering; Renal Insufficiency; Occupational health