Abstract
The aim of this study was to understand the work of nutrition assistants, their requirements, constraints and repercussionsin health. This is a case study carried through in 2006 in the Food Production Department (SPA) of a public cardiologic hospital locatedin Sao Paulo. An ergonomic analysis of the work was carried through (AET). One identified the presence of important physical, cognitiveand psychic requirements with constraints associated to space and to physical surroundings arrangement, work environment, equipment,surfaces, organization and psychosocial factors of work, which had repercussions in the health of nutrition assistants charged ofhygienization, in the osteomuscular system and conjunctive tissues, besides risks of industrial accidents, and showed the necessity ofmaking improvements in the work situation of the Service of Diet and Nutrition of the hospital.
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