Prevalence of nutritional status and lifestyles of students from the Laica Eloy Alfaro University in Manabí, Ecuador.

Abstract

The present work aims to: Estimate the nutritional situation and identify the main risk factors in the lifestyles of the students of the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí (ULEAM). The research was carried out in 19 faculties and 35 careers at ULEAM, with a representative sample of 795 students. The technique of collecting anthropometric measures of weight and height, and a survey on lifestyle and risk factors were used. As a result, it was obtained that 28.8% of the students are overweight, 10.4% obese and 3.8% thin, overweight and obesity reach 39.2%, which constitutes a Public Health problem.