Characterization of eating habits and physical activity in young people in the Colombian Caribbean Region
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motor activity, sedentary behaviors, feeding behavior, healthy lifestyles, young adultAbstract
Introduction: Life habits have an important influence on the environment in which the young person develops. The university environment becomes an environment that influences behaviors related to physical activity and food.
Objective: to identify habits related to eating and physical activity practices in young university adults in the Colombian Caribbean.
Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study in university students from four cities in the Colombian Caribbean region. A self-administered questionnaire was applied, which inquired about sociodemographic and academic characteristics, while the PEVP-II questionnaire was used to quantify lifestyles. For the analysis of this publication, the information corresponding to the dimensions of nutrition and physical activity was observed.
Results: 61.26% of the participants were women and in the age range between 15 and 26 years, a greater predominance was observed. The highest percentage of students surveyed was assigned to a health sciences program and the socioeconomic stratum categorized as low was the most frequent among young people. Sex is related to the nutritional habits associated with higher consumption of carbohydrates, sugars, as well as low consumption of fruits and vegetables. In addition, there is a relationship between sex and the practice of scarce physical activity.
Conclusion: the scarce practice of habits that benefit health in youth is given by the apprehended behaviors of the environment in which the human being grows and develops in his early stages of life. Already in the university environment, it is important to think about the ways in which this context could well positively influence better attitudes and behaviors related to the general well-being of the young person around potentiating their health condition.
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