Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en mujeres gestantes que acuden a consulta externa al Hospital José Félix Valdiviezo, cantón Santa Isabel, Azuay. 2012.

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to determine the relation between overweight and obesity during pregnancy with the feed intake; through a no experimental design study of transversal type, with the participation of 103 pregnant women that attended to external consult in the Hospital Jose Felix Valdivieso, from Santa Isabel, Azuay. It was applied a reminder of 24 hours to value the diet quality and by using anthropometric measurements, it was determined the nutritional state. The data tabulated by the programs Microsoft Excel and JMP version 5.1. The outcomes of this study revealed that the average age of the pregnant women is 26.21 years old. In the nutritional state of these women concerns to 51.96% of overweight, the 43.13% normal and the 4.91% presented malnutrition. At the moment to relate the parameters of nutritional state with an adjusting percentage of calories intake; it was observed that is more frequent to find overweight pregnant women and increased consumption of total calories than overweight women and deficient calories intake. The overweight pregnant women had an average age around 27.56 years and an average of trimester of pregnancy of 2.33. It is concluded that the pregnant women is directly influenced by the caloric intake in the overweight/obesity meanwhile the age and the trimester of pregnancy are nor dominant factors. In consequence the programs focused to pregnant women must follow the inter consult with nutritionist to avoid and reduce risks.