Estilos de vida en relación a actividad física y alimentación en los habitantes de la zona 42 de la ciudad de Loja, durante julio-diciembre 2012

Abstract

Identify the lifestyles of the inhabitants of the area 42 of the city of Loja in the components of diet and physical activity through a descriptive study and determine how often the prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and obesity. This research study is descriptive with transversal design and quantitative approach, it was carried out in Zone 42 of the San Sebastian parish in the city of Loja. It was taken as universe the total population 3871 inhabitants. With a sample of 134 people probabilistic. As a result of the 134 respondents it was evident with respect to physical activity: 80% moderate physical activity, 31% goes low physical activity and high physical activity practice 23%. Regarding the eating habits it showed that 79.10% has an improved diet, followed by 11.94% for an unbalanced diet and 8.96% enjoy adequate food.