El consumo de alcohol y su influencia en el sobrepeso y obesidad en una muestra de población adulta ecuatoriana, 2020

Abstract

The self-defeating consumption of alcohol is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases, disability and premature death. It is considered a causal factor of more than 200 diseases and disorders; one of them is overweight and obesity, the objective of the following investigation is to state a relation between overweight and obesity and alcohol consumption in an Ecuadorian population sample during the year 2020. The design and type of investigation is not experimental, cross section; with a descriptive and observational reach, with a quantitative and qualitative focus. The collected information includes variables: Socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometry, alcohol consumption, with this information being processed in the SPSS 25 program, the population being studied was 307 adults from 18 to 65 years old, who consume and do not consume alcohol. Based on the results, it was identified that the population of study presents normal weight (63.2%) , with an average of corporal mass index (CMI) (23.81kg/m2) respectively, where the male sex presents more consistence of overweight (16%) and the female sex presents major prevalence of grade I obesity (5,5%) . In the relation between the variables: alcohol consumption and sex, the population that do consume alcohol was identified (41, 04%) with more prevalence in men (25, 73%), with a value of p=<0,001 statistically meaningful, and at the moment of stating the relation between CMI diagnostic and weekly alcohol consumption diagnosis, a value of p=0,504 was obtained, which is statistically not meaningful. It is concluded that alcohol consumption does not influence with the population’s CMI, but the association with the variable sex, where it influences on alcohol consumption in the population studied, does influence, with more prevalence in male sex.