Estudio de la obesidad y sus factores alimentarios asociados en la etapa escolares
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2014
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Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Carrera de Tecnología Médica
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La prevalencia de la obesidad en los niños en etapa escolar aumenta cada día en especial por la ingesta inadecuada de alimentos que no aportan nutrientes en el organismo. En la actualidad el sobrepeso y la obesidad en los niños es ya un estado nutricional común en las escuelas influyendo en sus actividades académicas, habilidades y destrezas y sobretodo en su desarrollo afectando en su salud de manera alarmante es por ello que el conocimiento actual sobre nutrición es de gran importancia hoy en día debido a que los hábitos de alimentación se instauran en la casa y en esta etapa desarrollo del niño en especial para prevenir y tratar las consecuencias de la malnutrición por exceso, por ello la presente investigación pretende aclarar las ideas sobre obesidad y sus factores asociados en la unidad educativa Salesiana Cristóbal Colon teniendo como objetivo: analizar los factores asociados de la obesidad. Siendo un estudio descriptivo de tipo transversal, realizado en la escuela primaria con una población de 240 escolares entre los 6 y 12 años de edad de los cuales se seleccionaron a los que tenían el estado nutricional alterado con un índice de masa corporal >25kg/T2 separándolos por grupos de edades y necesidades nutricionales. Teniendo como conclusiones de la investigación que la ingesta inadecuada del escolar es uno de los factores principales del aumento de peso como también los malos hábitos de alimentación instaurados por los padres, teniendo como recomendaciones la creación de talleres para los padres y educadores en base alimentación y sus efectos en el desarrollo.
The prevalence of obesity in school-age children increases every day, especially due to the inadequate intake of foods that do not provide nutrients in the body. Currently overweight and obesity in children is already a common nutritional status in schools influencing their academic activities, abilities and skills and especially in their development affecting their health in an alarming way that is why current knowledge on nutrition It is of great importance nowadays because the eating habits are established in the house and at this stage the child's development especially to prevent and treat the consequences of excess malnutrition, for this reason the present investigation intends to clarify the ideas on Obesity and its associated factors in the Salesian Cristóbal Colon educational unit with the aim of: analyzing the associated factors of obesity. Being a cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out in the primary school with a population of 240 schoolchildren between 6 and 12 years of age, from which those with altered nutritional status were selected with a body mass index> 25kg / T2 separating them by age groups and nutritional needs. Taking as conclusions from the research that inadequate intake of school is one of the main factors of weight gain as well as poor eating habits introduced by parents, having as recommendations the creation of workshops for parents and educators based on food and its effects on development.
The prevalence of obesity in school-age children increases every day, especially due to the inadequate intake of foods that do not provide nutrients in the body. Currently overweight and obesity in children is already a common nutritional status in schools influencing their academic activities, abilities and skills and especially in their development affecting their health in an alarming way that is why current knowledge on nutrition It is of great importance nowadays because the eating habits are established in the house and at this stage the child's development especially to prevent and treat the consequences of excess malnutrition, for this reason the present investigation intends to clarify the ideas on Obesity and its associated factors in the Salesian Cristóbal Colon educational unit with the aim of: analyzing the associated factors of obesity. Being a cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out in the primary school with a population of 240 schoolchildren between 6 and 12 years of age, from which those with altered nutritional status were selected with a body mass index> 25kg / T2 separating them by age groups and nutritional needs. Taking as conclusions from the research that inadequate intake of school is one of the main factors of weight gain as well as poor eating habits introduced by parents, having as recommendations the creation of workshops for parents and educators based on food and its effects on development.
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Obesidad, Factores de riesgo, Evaluación nutricional, Escolares, Epidemiología descriptiva, Unidad Educativa Salesiana Cristóbal Colón, Cantón Guayaquil, Ecuador