Estudio de conocimientos, actitudes, prácticas y evaluación nutricional en adolescentes del Colegio Galecios de la ciudad de Alausí. 2013.

Abstract

The objective of this was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, practices and nutritional status in adolescents aged 15 to 17 years in Galecios School in Alausí city. This research is a descriptive cross-sectional study of non-experimental design, 152 male and female students. Data were tabulated in Microsoft Excel and JMP 5.1 software. A survey was applied to identify knowledge, attitudes, and food practices. Anthropometric measurements were taken in order to obtain the BMI (Body Mass Index). 70% of teenagers have a normal nutritional status, 20.4% are obese, 4.6% mild thinness, 3.3% overweight, 1.3% moderated thinness. According to height/age: 37.5% normal, 34.2% mild stunting, 24.3% moderate stunting and, 3.3% severe stunting. 48.68% of all teen evaluated on nutritional status measured by BMI with adequate knowledge of 21.7% with inadequate knowledge present a normal nutritional status. 45.39% with inadequate eating attitudes compared to 25.0% with appropriate eating attitudes have normal nutritional status. 19.21% of adolescents with food inadequate practices compared to 1.31% with appropriate food practices are overweight. 3.31% with inadequate food practices are obese. It was concluded that adolescents have basic knowledge of food and nutrition but teens do not know to apply it correctly.