The Peruvian Army is a military institution whose objective is to control, guard, defend the national territory and participate in economic and social development. For this reason, the military requires an adequate diet to carry out these vital activities. The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between the caloric intake of the diet and the energy requirement of military personnel in their recruitment stage in Lima. It is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. There is a sample of 80 soldiers. The sample is non-probabilistic and by convenience. The 100 % of the evaluated sample is male and their age is between 18 and 30 years old. 95 % of the sample has a high caloric intake (3 400 kcal to 2 900 kcal). 100 % of the sample presented an average total energy expenditure (TEE) in the range of (2 756.92 kcal to 2 928.42 kcal). In relation to the GET of ...

The Peruvian Army is a military institution whose objective is to control, guard, defend the national territory and participate in economic and social development. For this reason, the military requires an adequate diet to carry out these vital activities. The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between the caloric intake of the diet and the energy requirement of military personnel in their recruitment stage in Lima. It is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. There is a sample of 80 soldiers. The sample is non-probabilistic and by convenience. The 100 % of the evaluated sample is male and their age is between 18 and 30 years old. 95 % of the sample has a high caloric intake (3 400 kcal to 2 900 kcal). 100 % of the sample presented an average total energy expenditure (TEE) in the range of (2 756.92 kcal to 2 928.42 kcal). In relation to the GET of ...