Valoración del estado nutricional en adolescentes de 12 a 17 años que asisten a la escuela San José del Buen Pastor de la ciudad de Guayaquil en el periodo mayo - agosto 2019.

Abstract

The objective of this degree was to determine the nutritional status of adolescents between 12 and 17 years old who attend the San José del Buen Pastor school in the city of Guayaquil in the period May-August 2019, which was developed because the School stage has great influence on growth. And development of the human being where their eating habits play a fundamental role in enjoying good health. To comply with the study, nutritional status was evaluated through anthropometric and biochemical parameters; as well as the consumption of food through the frequency of consumption, to establish the eating habits and the consumption pattern of adolescents and finally a data statistic was performed, through the nutritional status of the adolescent and their eating habits; The applied methodology was descriptive, transversal, with the survey and observation technique of 46 students. The main results show that 8 students exercise, while 38 do not, this in turn affects adolescents who are already diagnosed with obesity and overweight, which are around 15 of which only 2 are students who do. performs physical activity, it is concluded that the eating habits of several of the students is disproportionate and not adequate for their development, since there is no optimal consumption of healthy foods such as vegetables and in turn they have an excessive consumption of junk food.