OBJECTIVE: To assess the current dietary calcium intake in a sample of Universidad San Marcos students, and the low intake associated health risks. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The current calcium intake in 168 students between the ages 16 and 24 years was measured. The 24 hour recall method and an International-Vitamin-A-Consultative-Group modified semi-quantitative questionnaire which assess calcium usual intake and low intake associated risks along the time were used. RESULTS: The current calcium intake was 557 ± 384 mg Ca+2/d (median 473 mg Ca+2/d). A faulty calcium intake has been found in 86% of the students. There was no difference in calcium intake between genders (p >0,05). People was classified as having a low (0,6%), medium (11%) or high (88%) risk as regards its usual calcium intake. CONCLUSION: In our sample, the calcium intake was below the recommended levels, which could be a...

Introduction. Job satisfaction is important for the quality of service achievement in the organization. Objective. To determine job satisfaction in professors, who were working on Academic Department of Morphological Sciences of Facultad de Medicina in Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, during 2014. Methods. A transversal study. The Descriptive Work Index Questionnaire (JDI) was applied in 21 professors, to evaluate general job satisfaction and five specific dimensions: Current work, remuneration, opportunities, colleagues and supervision. Results. 14 professors of Anatomy and 7 professors of histology and embryology were interviewed. 71% of people were men, with an average age of 62,3 years, the majority with a service time between 30 to 39 years (61%). The dimension with the highest average score was satisfaction with current work (35,1 po...

Introduction: Chronic diseases in Peru are increasing at alarming rate and the metabolic syndrome (MS) follows the same trend. Faced with this problem the health team must play a role in education and prevention. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in workers of a primary health care center and to examine its relationship with sociodemographic variables and body mass index (BMI). Design: Cross-sectional study. Location: Maternal Child Center (WCC) Miguel Grau, DISA IV Lima Este, Peru. Participants: Health workers. Interventions: All 108 workers who gave informed consent were surveyed for demographic data, and weight, height, waist circumference and blood pressure were obtained. In a 5 mL serum sample fasting blood glucose and lipid profile were determined. Descriptive statistics and U-Mann Whitney, Kruskal Wallis and chi2 tests were done; P value of 0.05 was use...

Introduction. Obesity is a public health problem; the objective of the present study was to determine the national prevalence and distribution of overweight (S), obesity (O) and abdominal obesity (OA), in Peru. Methods. An observational study was conducted through the analysis of the National Household Survey 2012-2013 in which 20488 adults were evaluated. The nutritional diagno≥sis was determined considering the thWeHO eva boluatidy maon oss if OndeA thx: 1e 8wa,5ist toc 2i4rc,9u nmfeo rermalnc, 2e 5≥ to 10 <32 c0 ovem for merweighn at, and nd ≥ 88 to c 3m fo0 kg/m2r wo omebensi waty. Ls ciokensiwidesere, fod.r Results. The national prevalence of overweight was 40,5% and obesity 19,7%, with a total of 60,2% of adult population with excess weight. 23,4% of O were women and 15,7% were men; OA in women was 51,2% and 14,8% in men. The departments with the highest prevalence of exce...

Objectives: To determine the relationship between dietary cholesterol, egg consumption and lipid profile in apparently healthy adults according to age group. Design: Descriptive cross-association study. Setting: Biochemistry and Nutrition Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Participants: Apparently healthy adults. Interventions: In 50 apparently healthy adults dietary cholesterol consumption, egg and lipid profile were determined. Results: Thirteen participants consumed less than 3 eggs / week, 19 consumed from 3-4 eggs / week and 18 consumed more than 4 eggs / week. The 20-29 year-old group had an average intake of dietary cholesterol (358,9 ± 152,5 mg / dL) significantly higher (p <0,05) than the group 30-39 year-old (223 ± 82, 8 mg / dL). Total cholesterol (chol) of the three groups according to egg consumption was respectively 179,8 ±...

Introduction. Vitamin D deficiency is considered a public health problem in other countries. Has been reported that this deficiency is related to the risk of developing metabolic diseases. Methods. Study descriptive, crosssectional design in 110 adult women of Lima Metropolitana. The Body Mass Index (MBI) was calculated to define the nutritional status. Blood levels of insulin, glucose, lipid profile and 25 (OH) D (vitamin D) were determined. It was calculated Homeostatic Model of Assessment Index (HOMA-I). Was calculated and to define insulin resistance (IR) a HOMA-I ≥ 2,7. For the deficiency of 25 (OH)-D, the cut-off point was 30 ng/mL for the intake of vitamin D a frequency of consumption was used. The identification of dyslipidemias was made as recommended by the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Results. In patients with vitamin D deficiency, the average a...

Objective. To determine the cardiovascular risk factors in overweight schoolchildren and to measure their association with sociodemographic variables. Methods: Cross-sectional, analytical study. 2001 female schoolchildren from 6 to 17 years of age from an Educational Center in Metropolitan Lima were surveyed. The Body Mass Index was used for the diagnosis of excess weight (overweight between 85 and 95p and obesity ≥ 95p) and the Waist Circumference for abdominal obesity (≥ 90p). HOMA-I for insulin resistance (≥ 3,16) and for lipid abnormalities: total cholesterol (≥ 200 mg / dL), low HDL-C (≤ 40 mg/dL), high LDL-C (≥ 130 mg / dL), non-HDL C (≥ 145 mg / dL) and triglycerides (≥ 100 and 130 mg / dL) for girls younger than 9 and 10 to 19 years old, respectively. Results: Excess weight occurred mainly in schoolgirls aged 10 to 17 years,...

Introduction. Obesity is considered a public health problem. Its presence at an early age implies an obligation to identify the onset of complications such as insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods. Observational, descriptive and transversal study. Participated 1206 teenage women. Obesity was defined with BMI values ≥95p according WHO. Serum levels of insulin, glucose and lipid profile were determined. T≥≤h e43 0,H1 m6o mgto/ed odLse,t fahinsigiesh i MnCso-uLdlDeinlL o r≥ef sA 1iss3tsa0en smcmege (/n Rdt IIL)n. daFneodxr (hdHyyOpsleMiptrAiidg-eIl)ym cwieaarssid: uehsmyepidae, r≥ucsh 1ion3lge0 s tmhteegr o/MdleaLmt.t hTiaeh we≥ so 2be0qe0su eam ttigeo/endn wLa,ig tlheo rwtsh ewH viDtahLl u-RCeI underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (PTG): glycemia of 140 to 199 mg / dL intolerant to glucose and ≥ 200 mg/dL as diabetic. Results 25,1% (303) of the population...