Relación entre emocionalidad al comer con el sobrepeso, obesidad y circunferencia de cintura de adolescentes de 15 a 19 años de dos colegios particulares de Loja, octubre 2021-febrero 2022.

Abstract

The objective was to analyze the relationship that exists between emotionality when eating with overweight and obesity in adolescents between 15 and 19 years old from two private schools in the city of Loja, October 2021-February 2022. The research is descriptive, field-correlational, with a population of 203 students from 15 to 19 years of age. Data collection was in person from students from two public schools (mean men 17.22 ±0.79 and women 15.86 ± 0.91) 106 men and 97 women, Body Mass Index (BMI) Z score mean men: 0.47± 1.1 women 0.62± 0.85. Body composition was measured with a manual scale with a stadiometer included and a metal anthropometric tape in addition to the validated survey for adolescents and children TFEQ-R21C and the physical activity survey PAQ-A. Regarding the results, the population showed normality in the variables, 59.6% in the BMI variable, 74.9% in the Waist Circumference variable and 36.9% for the age of 17 years, indicating a 36 .0% for overweight. According to the questionnaire results, the two educational units showed restrictive emotional tendencies. The emotional component is more in women, and the compulsive one in men. Regarding waist circumference, they mostly react to the restrictive range for normality. For BMI there is a relationship in the restrictive component that defines that with increasing restriction there is less overweight and obesity. The three components have a statistical difference (p<0.05) according to ANOVA, except age. In physical activity, the restrictive component has the majority influence at all levels, first of all, sedentary (26.6%). It is concluded that the relationship between overweight, obesity, waist circumference; high and the presence of emotionality defined as compulsive, restrictive and emotional in adolescents is low, it could rather explain the strong association between the presence of restriction with the normal state of these variables.