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- Title
Estilo de vida y estado nutricional en estudiantes de una universidad pública peruana.
- Authors
Castro Galarza, Cesar Raúl; García Huamaní, Rubén; Ricra Echevarría, Carmen Rocío; Fretel Quiroz, Nicolás Magno; Inga Huayllani, Germán; Álvarez Gamarra, Lizbeth Karina
- Abstract
Alterations in nutritional status is a problem that affects university students, this is largely due to the lifestyle they maintain within their socioeconomic status, thus affecting academic success. Objective. To identify the relationship between lifestyle and nutritional status in students of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma Altoandina de Tarma - Junín, 2021. Materials and methods. An observational, non-experimental design, correlational, cross-sectional and prospective research was developed; the study population consisted of all the students of the university, a sample of 90 students was taken, the survey technique was used and the instrument was a questionnaire for the evaluation of lifestyle in university students. Results. The predominant lifestyle is the category of bad (38.89%), 26.67% of students have a very bad lifestyle, and only 3.33% of students have an excellent lifestyle; however, 76.67% of students have a normal nutritional status, 18.89% of students are overweight, and a total of 4.44% of students are thin or obese. Conclusions. It was possible to establish that there is a low negative relationship between lifestyle and nutritional status, which means that the socioeconomic aspect affects the sustainability and permanence of the student within the university career, which means that many of them do not finish their studies.
- Subjects
PERU; OBESITY risk factors; COLLEGE students; LIFESTYLES; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC observation; NUTRITIONAL assessment; CROSS-sectional method; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; ACADEMIC achievement; PUBLIC sector; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL correlation; NUTRITIONAL status; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Revista de Investigación en Salud VIVE, 2023, Vol 6, Issue 17, p482
- ISSN
2664-3243
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33996/revistavive.v6i17.239