Nivel socioeconómico, hábitos alimentarios y estado nutricional en jóvenes del distrito de Punchana, Iquitos 2022

• Autores: Pérez Pinedo, Marisol Carolina, Salas Cárdenas, Loida
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Nacional De La Amazonía Peruana
• Repositorio: UNAPIquitos-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unapiquitos.edu.pe:20.500.12737/9314
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12737/9314
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Nutrición humana; Hábitos alimentarios; Economía social; Jóvenes; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.04

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between socioeconomic status, eating habits and nutritional health of young people in the Punchana district of Maynas province, Loreto department. A descriptive correlational non-experimental study was carried out and cross-sectional data were collected from three hundred young people. It was determined, through the use of questionnaires on frequency of food consumption, socioeconomic level and anthropometric evaluation, 64.6% reported low socioeconomic level, 33.1% medium level and 2.3% high level; 77.6% have unhealthy eating habits, 17.7% unhealthy and 4.7% healthy eating habits. Likewise, 52.3% of the sample had a moderate risk of suffering cardiometabolic diseases, 31.1% a high risk and 16.7% a very high risk. At a statistical confidence of 95%, the relationship between eating habits and nutritional status is statistically significant, with a p-value of 0.002 and a Kendall's tb coefficient of 0.765. Similarly, with a p-value of 0.000 and a Kendall's tb coefficient of 0.315, it can be affirmed that there is a very low relationship between socioeconomic level y nutritional status.