الفهرس 
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Abstract
The present study was conducted in the Egyptian aluminum utensils industry with the objective of investigating the effect of workers’ nutrition on their productivity. The study population included 44 factories, where 506 male workers were examined, located in Alexandria city and suburbs and in Menoufia and Gharbia govemorates. Each worker was interviewed for his food intake on the previous day of examination, subjected to some anthropometric measurements, pulmonary function measurements (FVC and FEV), and Bioimpedance testing ,then physically examined, with measuring heart rate and blood pressure before work shift (resting), as well as after one hour from beginning of the shift (working). Venous blood samples (4-hours fasting) were collected for assessing hemoglobin concentrations, and stool samples were collected for microscopic examination. Results of the study indicated that: 1. The workers were aged 18-42 years with mean age of 29.5:1::7.4 years, i.e., are in the most physically active and most productive years of their life. Workers are piece-rated, and most of them were fonning utensils, which is a heavily bodily work requiring 4100 calorie/day