Lifestyles and their relationship with Body Mass Index in University Students from the highlands of Peru.
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https://doi.org/10.12873/434ticonaKeywords:
Estado nutricional, estilos de vida, índice de masa corporal, peso, tallAbstract
Introduction: University lifestyles (EV) today are unhealthy, in this stage of life it is characterized by the omission of meals during the day, the consumption of highly processed foods, alcohol consumption, lack of physical exercise, generating the overweight and obesity.Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the relationship between lifestyles and body mass index in university students from the highland zone (3812 masl) in Peru.Material and Method: The study is descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional. The population was constituted by the students of the National University of the Altiplano, a representative sample of a study program with 194 students was considered. A survey was applied using a self-administered questionnaire as an instrument to collect information on sociodemographic characteristics and EV. To assess the nutritional status, weight and height were taken with which the Body Mass Index (BMI) was estimated. For the data analysis, the SPSS v.22 program was used, for the estimation of descriptive statistics, t student, ANVA and the Chi-square test.Results: It was obtained that the BMI of the university students is in the normal range both in men (22.57) and in women (23.32) and there is no statistical difference according to gender, nor between academic semesters.Conclusions: The average weight and height in both sexes is different. According to the BMI, 3.1% have a nutritional deficit, 76.3% have a normal nutritional status, and 20.6% are overweight and obese. The EV variables that are related to BMI are: Body perception (p=0.003), alcohol consumption (p=0.011), and quality sleep (p=0.027). Most of the VE dimensions considered in the study do not correlate with BMI.
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