Evaluación del estado nutricional en adolescentes de 15 a 18 años que asisten al Colegio Rafael Borja del cantón Cuenca en el año 2011

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background: It is vital to have han adequate nutrition and a healthy diet in adolescents that way they can get the optimum development potential. During childhood and adolescence, dietary habits and exercise can make the difference between healthy living and disease risk later in life. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status, the activity and patterns of food intake in adolescents aged 15 to 18 years in the high school Rafael Borja of the canton Cuenca. Methodology: This is a descriptive study with a population of 420 male students of the high school Rafael Borja that is located in the City of Cuenca. Surveys were conducted to determine the physical activity and dietary intake patterns, for determining the nutritional status and anthropometric measures we use the BMI. Results: the middle age was around at 16.46 years with a standard deviation of 0,933 years old, 100% of the population were male, the prevalence of underweight in the adolescent population of this school reached 11% with 46 cases, obesity accounted for 1.7% of the population, while overweight was 7.6%; in 79.8% of cases the population had a normal nutritional status. 90% of the population 378 students reside in urban areas, leaving 42 students, 10% of the population living in rural areas of the City, the diet most prevalent was the integral with 38.6% of the population, the high calorie diet accounted for 34% followed by 19% of the fat diet, the protein diet was the lowest with a prevalence of 8.1%. Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight, obesity and malnutrition are high, statistically significant association between age and nutritional status.

DeCS: NUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; STUDENTS-STATISTICS & NUMERICAL DATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS-METHODS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-METHODS; MALNUTRITION-EPIDEMIOLOGY; OVERWEIGHT-EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY-EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; CUENCA-ECUADOR.