Influencia de las redes sociales en los hábitos alimentarios de adultos jóvenes que asisten al gimnasio LOMAS GYM de la ciudad de Riobamba.

Abstract

The objective of the research was to determine the influence of social networks on the eating habits of young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 who atten the LOMAS GYM in the Riobamba city. It is a study with a descriptive quantitative approach, the same one that allowed describing the relationship of the variables of the study population, in which a sample of 130 young people who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria was surveyed, the test that was used to describe and analyze the data obtained was Square Chi Test Person. As a result, adolescents show interest in topics related to food and are followers of pages of this nature, 69% consider they have been influenced by certain eating habits with the use and information of social networks. Therefore, it is concluded that the healthy food accounts influence the dairy consumption of the study population since the value of P <0.05, unlike the other groups of consumption foods, there is no significant relationship.