Consumo de alimentos y estilos de vida en relación con el estado nutricional, de los funcionarios del Hospital “Dr. Eduardo Montenegro” del cantón Chillanes, provincia de Bolivar 2012

Abstract

The present research is a non-experimental study, type transversal; the aim was to study the nutritional status and its relation with a food consumption and life styles of the functionaries of Hospital “Dr. Eduardo Montenegro” of Chillanes, in Bolivar Province. The variables were tabulated and processed, into a statistical program called JMP 5.1. The participant population was of 55 functionaries who corresponded to one hundred percent of population. The most relevant outcomes indicate that the 63,6% of the population in study is female, in the valoration and diagnosis of the nutritional status of the group of study the 45,4% presented a normal nutritional status the 40,0% overweight and obesity the 14,5%. Which determined that more than the half of population suffers overweight and obesity with the following risks of suffering non transmissible chronic diseases in function that the 34,5% presented metabolic risk and the 23,6% have a fat distribution type android, the constitutes a strong etiologic factor of cardiovascular diseases, a relevant factor is the kind of consumption of food, since the 29% has a high intake of fat and low in fruit, vegetables and fiber the 30,0%, it is highlighted a life styles: sedentary. Because of the behavior of these variables as a whole the hypothesis is accepted.