Análisis de los hábitos alimenticios y percepción de salud en personas expuestas a petróleo en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana

Abstract

Abstract: Eating habits and the increase in environmental pollution are key factors that modify people s health conditions nowadays. However, there are not enough studies in which population health can be correlated with food and crude oil contamination, as is the case of this study, whose objective is to know if eating habits, as well as the consumption of smoking and alcohol influence the health of the population of the Amazon Region in Ecuador, which is exposed to different levels of exposure to crude oil contamination. Therefore, the data on the type of diet (consumption of meat, fruits, and vegetables, coffee, and tea), frequency of alcohol and smoking consumption, and exposure to oil have been analyzed. The results obtained compared to the rest of the Ecuadorian and world population differ, for example, in the consumption of fruits and vegetables, coffee, and tea, since our population has a low consumption.