Bibliographic citations
Ferro, R., Maguiña, V. (2012). Relación entre hábitos alimentarios e índice de masa corporal en estudiantes de una universidad pública según área de estudio [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/1123
Ferro, R., Maguiña, V. Relación entre hábitos alimentarios e índice de masa corporal en estudiantes de una universidad pública según área de estudio [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/1123
@misc{renati/479945,
title = "Relación entre hábitos alimentarios e índice de masa corporal en estudiantes de una universidad pública según área de estudio",
author = "Maguiña Cacha, Vanesa Jhoco",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2012"
}
Introduction: The undergraduate student population ranges in age range typical of adolescence and youth, which often have changes in eating habits, ie, the amount, preferences and circumstances in which food is consumed , which by the nature of the study areas might relate to body weight. Objectives: Relate eating habits and body mass index in a public university students by area of study. Design: Descriptive crossassociation. Location: Faculties of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Lima. Participants: 320 students of undergraduate men and women of the 6 areas of study UNMSM: Area A “Health Sciences“, area B “Humanities“, area C “Social Sciences“, area D “Basic Sciences“, Area E “Engineering“, Area F “Economic - Business“, elected on a non-probabilistic. Interventions: Application of dietary questionnaire and anthropometric measurement. Main outcome measures: Percentage of appropriate and inappropriate dietary habits and percentage of body mass index (BMI). Results: 78.1% (n = 250) of the students present proper eating habits. 62% had normal BMI, 31% overweight, 4% obesity and 3% thinness. Proper eating habits outstanding students were eating meals 3 to 5 times per day, daily breakfast, lunch and dinner, breakfast and lunch hours, the place of consumption of meals, consumption of lunch and dinner in the company, frequency of consumption of local food, fish, chicken, eggs, beans and drinks during the day; while poor dietary habits were outstanding breakfast consumption alone, frequency of consumption of snacks at the snack, dinner time, frequency of consumption of milk, cheese, vegetables and salt. The relationship between eating habits and BMI was not significant ( p= 0.185). Conclusions: There was no relationship between eating habits and BMI in the total number of students participants UNMSM, relationship if found within the areas of Humanities and Economic - Business, and among female students. Keywords: food habits, body mass index, study area, college students.
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