Composición corporal de los integrantes de las familias del Cantón el Tambo en el año 2016

Abstract

Background: Anthropometry is a useful method to know the body composition and nutritional status of the populations under study. Efficiency is due to fact that this method presents low cost and high accessibility.

Objective: Describe the body composition of the members of the families of the Canton El Tambo in the year 2016.

Methodology: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The universe corresponds to 4.241 people. The sample of 140 inhabitants was randomly calculated with a confidence interval of 95%, expected proportion of 40%, differential error of 8%. The data were collected made in Excel and processed in the IBM SPSS Statistics 23 program. Results: The average age of the study was 39 years ± 14. Female sex represents 70, 7% of the population. The 40% belonged to the Tambo Centro locality. The average weight was 62 kg ± 11 and the average height of 154 cm ± 10. The 88.6% have normal fat percentage (39.3%) or lower (49.2%), overweight is equal to 11, 4%, and obesity does not exist. The 42,1% have decreased bone percentage, 60% increased muscle percentage and 100% normal residual percentage.

Conclusions: Due to the high percentages of normal fat, people have a less risk factor for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The increased muscle percentage reflects greater physical work for their daily work