Estilo de vida en estudiantes de una Institución de Educación Superior Pública durante la pandemia por COVID-19. Período mayo - septiembre del 2020.

Abstract

This study addresses a problem generated by the global health crisis in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and preventive measures such as confinement that have caused concern in Ecuadorian students, associated with psychosocial and socioeconomic factors, which is presumed to influence different lifestyles and their impact on the diet. The objective of this work is to determine the lifestyle of the students of a higher education institution during the pandemic, period May - September 2020; It has a qualitative approach, it is descriptive and not experimental. The study sample consisted of 88 students from the second to the seventh semester of the Graphic Design career at the University of Guayaquil. The Delphi technique was used with the participation of teachers and nutrition specialists to validate the questionnaires; "Fantastic", "Frequency of consumption by food groups" and "Risk factors in adults aged 19 to under 60". According to the results, it was identified that students of both sexes approximately 75% presented a lifestyle between regular and bad because they have a score lower than 60 points; in the frequency of consumption, bad eating habits are evidenced-based on sausages 27% and low consumption of fruits 90%, fats and oils 73% according to the Food-Based Dietary Guidelines; In the risk factors, 80.8% responded positively to alternative measures to control salt consumption, there was no reference to a history of Hypertension 95%.