Estado nutricional en relación a valores de presión arterial, ingesta alimentaria en adolescentes de la Unidad Educativa Monseñor Alberto Zambrano Palacios de la provincia de Loja cantón Olmedo 2016.

Abstract

The objective of the present investigation was to analyze the relationship between nutritional status and blood pressure values, dietary intake in adolescents. The study made the anthropometric data collection such as: height, weight and% body fat; The body mass index BMI / AGE and SIZE / AGE was also taken into account. In the dietary parameters the dietary intake was evaluated, in the clinical data the blood pressure values were observed. The study was cross-sectional, the eligible population were adolescents between the ages of 12 to 18 years. . In the present investigation, descriptive statistics of all the variables under study were used according to the scale of measurement; for the scales measured in nominal and ordinal, it was used: numbers and percentages. Measures of trend and dispersion were used for the variables measured on a continuous scale. When relating the BMI / AGE and the Food Intake of this population, it was observed that this population consumes a lot of kilocalories, carbohydrates, proteins and fats and its tendency is to suffer overweight and obesity. . According to the study conducted of the BMI / AGE and the values of systolic blood pressure; they present a probability of 0.0152 and the correlation coefficient is 0.0617, which means that in the presence of overweight and obesity there is a greater predisposition to suffer high systolic blood pressure values. When finding prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents it is recommended to carry out programs in Nutritional Food Education.