Caracterización de la composición corporal, hábitos alimentarios y estilo de vida en visitadores médicos que laboran en el Guasmo sur, Guayaquil en el periodo de febrero a mayo del 2024.

Abstract

Medical sales representatives are the intermediaries between the pharmaceutical companies and the health personnel and also go through their own challenges for their own health, the decisions they make for their lifestyle have a direct impact on their quality of life and work performance. Therefore, the present research aimed to evaluate the body composition, eating habits and lifestyle of the medical visitors of the Guasmo Sur sector of the city of Guayaquil. An observational study was carried out, with a cross-sectional prospective cross-sectional study. The sample was composed of 90 medical visitors, 61.11% of whom were women, while 38.89% were men, with an average age of 40-49 years old. Prevalence of overweight was reported in both male (23.3%) and female (25.6%) groups, the male group presented higher body weight than females according to mean differences (p: 0.0004046). Medical visitors with overweight and obesity presented high waist circumferences of high and very high risk (corr:0.48). Food frequency presented adequate consumption of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, higher consumption of carbohydrates and white meat. The recommended levels of weekly physical activity were met (46%). There were no reports of stress levels or poor sleep quality. In sum, the lifestyle of the medical visitors of the Guasmo sector has 2 areas for improvement: the nutritional component of weight, waist circumference and BMI, and the component of alcoholic beverage consumption.