Relación entre hábito de desayuno y sobrepeso - obesidad en los estudiantes del Colegio Gral. Vicente Anda Aguirre, Riobamba 2010.

Abstract

The design of the research was not experimental, transversal to relate the breakfast habit and overweight —obesity among students of Vicente Arda Aguirre High School. Using a simple survey of 113 students, the general characteristics, nutritional states and food intake at breakfast were evaluated using Microsoft Excel Epi Info and JMP5.1 programs. Among the general characteristics related to sex, II was found that 26, 5 % are women, the 73,5 %are men, rural origin 38, 93 % and urban origin 61, 6 %, age between 12 and 15 years old ae 58,4 % and 41,6 %f torn 15 to 18 years old. Nutritional Status, overweight and obesity 40,7 % norma152, 2 %, without metabolic risk 57, 52%, increased the 42, 47%, a S3, 98% increased in fat mass, 40, 01 % renal. The 59, 3% do not have breakfast, there is a deficit of 91, 2% in diet quality. According to recommendations of My Pyramid 2005. The 40,7% have breakfast with a 8,8% normal in the quality of diet. It is recommended that High School implement health prevention programs in the area of nutritious highlighting good eating habits during adolescence to prevail overweight and obesity.