Evaluación del estado nutricional en adolescentes de 15 a 18 años de los colegios: "Colegio Nacional Chordeleg" y "Unidad Educativa Santa María de la Esperanza" del cantón Chordeleg 2012

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate nutritional status in adolescents in schools "COLEGIO NACIONAL CHORDELEG" and "UNIDAD EDUCTIVA SANTA MARIA DE LA ESPERANZA". Chordeleg, March 2012. Methods: A descriptive study was performed in a sample of 528 adolescent students in Chordeleg canton, between 15 and 18 years old. Surveys were applied to determine the physical activity and dietary intake patterns, for determining the nutritional status, anthropometric measures and BMI were used. Results: The mean age for females stood at 17.21 years old with a standard deviation of 0.842 years, for males the average stood at 16.93 years old with a standard deviation of 0,994 years. Females were the most prevalent with 54% of the population, 46% were male. The 26.14% of the study population attends a private institution while 73.86% in a public institution. The prevalence of underweight was at 9.8% in this group sex was the most affected with 55.1% male, obesity was present in 1.89% and females were the most affected with 80%, overweight presented a prevalence of 9.85% as in previous cases the females were the most affected. The complete diet was the most prevalent with 39.39% of the population, 56.44% had a physical activity or active quantified as appropriate, as the semi-active 24.81% and 18.75% physical inactivity presented. Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight, obesity and malnutrition are high with a 9.85%, 1.89% and 9.28% respectively, the type of diet is associated with nutritional status of adolescents (p <0.05), age, sex, type of school and physical activity were not associated with nutritional status (p> 0.05) DeCS: HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS-PHYSIOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; STUDENTS- STATISTICS & NUMERICAL DATA; NUTRITION SURVEYS-METHODS; MOTOR ACTIVITY- PHYSIOLOGY; MALNUTRITION-EPIDEMIOLOGY; OVERWEIGHT-EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY-EPIDEMIOLOGY; AZUAY-ECUADOR.