Calidad de la dieta y estado nutricional de las y los adolescentes que asisten a la Unidad Educativa a Distancia de Chimborazo extensión Bayushig.

Abstract

The objective of this is evaluate the diet quality with the nutritional status of the adolescents of the distance learning in the teaching Unit Chimborazo, place in Bayushig; the study design is not experimental, transversal type, applying a survey to sixty adolescents for assessing food consumption and nutritional status. Data were tabulated using the Canasta program and JMP 5.1. The general characteristics 58,3% are male adolescents, 41.7% female adolescents. The maximum age is 19 and the minimum is 13 age, the maximum weight is 78 and the minimum weight 30, the maximum male adolescents height is 184 cm and the minimum is146 cm, the maximum young women height is 165 cm and the minimum is 130 cm, to evaluate H//A 91,7% have a normal height, 1,6% have tall stature and 6,7% have short stature, evaluating BMI//A 78,3% have normal nutritional status and 21,7% overweight , to assess macronutrient CAND 91,7% have an adequate consumption, to evaluate micronutrient CAND 81,7% of adolescents have an adequate consumption, the relation between BMI//A and sex revealed that there is a higher prevalence of overweight in adolescents males, the relation between H//A and sex revealed, tall stature in adolescents men and short stature in women adolescents, the hypothesis is rejected because no significant relation was found between diet quality and nutritional status.