Obesity and overweight among students of a university of North Lima: Obesidad y sobrepeso en estudiantes de una universidad de Lima Norte

• Autores: Goyzueta, Ana Paula, Morales, Juan
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades
• Repositorio: Health care & global health
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.openhgh.org:article/56
• Enlace del recurso: http://revista.uch.edu.pe/index.php/hgh/article/view/56
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Sobrepeso; Obesidad; Estudiantes; Perú

Objectives: To determine the frequency of overweight and obesity among students of a university of North of Lima. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study. A total of 470 students from five faculties of a private university of North of Lima participated. For the evaluation of overweight and obesity, the Body Mass Index was used. Results: Of the total participants, 56.4% (n = 265) were 20 years old or younger, 72.1% (n = 339) were women, 44.3% (n = 208) were education students, 23.4% (n = 110) of nursing and in a lower percentage student of the faculties of engineering, administration and accounting. Of the sample, 30.4% (n = 143) of the students were overweight and 14.7% (n = 69) were obese. Conclusions: There is a high proportion of university students with excess weight, which is why it is necessary to implement or reinforce prevention and promotion measures for healthy styles. Keywords: Overweight; Obesity; Students; Peru (Source: MeSH, NLM).