Estado nutricional/niveles de hemoglobina en los y las estudiantes de décimo año de educación básica del Colegio Nacional Experimental Capitán Edmundo Chiriboga Gonzales, Riobamba 2012.

Abstract

Adolescence is an important period during human development due to the several physiological and psychological changes occurring in it that is why; the objective of this investigation is to evaluate the nutritional condition in relation to the hemoglobin levels of the tenth basic grade students attending to the Colegio Nacional Experimental Capitan Edmundo Chiriboga Gonzales. This is a cross non-experimental study. Therefore, a survey was applied to one hundred fifty-eight teenagers to evaluate their general characteristics, socio-economical features, nutritional conditions and food consumption frequency. The WHO AnthroPlus nutritional program version 1.0.4, Microsoft Office Excel, and the JMP 5.1 statistical software were used to the tabulate data. The results were as follows: general characteristics 54% women and 46% men. These teenagers are between 14 and 17 years old. 79.74% of teenagers have an average body mass index and 20.26% of them are overweight. There is an anemia prevalence of 46.15%. Food consumption frequency: dairy products 34% meat 13 %, citric fruit 48%, non-citric fruit 49%, bread 80%, cereals and tubers 32%, noodles 9%, legumes 36%, vegetables 50%, junk food 23%, sugar and soda 62%. It is recommended to carry out an interpersonal nutrition education for teenagers in order to promote healthy food consumption and exercise for them to get a suitable nutritional condition.