Effects of Job Content and Physical Activity on Body Mass Index among Obese Managers of the Mexican Manufacturing Industry

Oziely Daniela Armenta-Hernandez, Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macias, Margarita Ortiz Solís, Miguel Ángel Serrano-Rosa, Yolanda Angélica Baez-López and Juan Luis Hernández-Arellano
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Oziely Daniela Armenta-Hernandez: Departamento de Eléctrica y Computación, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Chihuahua, Mexico
Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macias: Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial y Manufactura, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ave. del Charro 450 Norte, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Chihuahua, Mexico
Margarita Ortiz Solís: Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial y Manufactura, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ave. del Charro 450 Norte, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miguel Ángel Serrano-Rosa: Departamento de Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Yolanda Angélica Baez-López: Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; Carretera Transpeninsular Ensenada-Tijuana 3917, Colonia Playitas, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Juan Luis Hernández-Arellano: Departamento de Diseño, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Chihuahua, Mexico

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-22

Abstract: Mental health disorders resulting from work stressors are increasing in the Mexican manufacturing industry and worldwide. Managerial positions in these contexts are highly stressful, and although physical activity may reduce the negative effects of work stress, the relationships between these two aspects regarding their effects on the body mass index (BMI) of obese managers are scarcely studied. This article aims to study such relationships by using the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) dimensions with the Baecke’s physical activity questionnaire dimensions and analyzing their effects on the BMI. A sample of 255 managers from the Mexican industry, with a (BMI > 30) participated by answering the surveys and providing their weight, their height, and certain sociodemographic information. The research hypotheses were tested using WarpPLS ® 6.0 for structural equation modeling. The results for three models featuring acceptable reliability to estimate the direct, indirect, and total effects are presented. The first model showed a medium explanatory power, the variable of job decision-making authority having the greatest direct effect on BMI. The second model showed a medium explanatory power, and the variable of physical activity during leisure-time observed the unique direct effect on BMI. Finally, although the integrating model showed a small explanatory power, both work stress and the physical activity exerted observed direct effects on BMI reduction.

Keywords: body mass index; job strain; obesity; physical activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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