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Eating habits and nutritional status in adolescents from a public secondary educational institution
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2024-02-05) Brioso Chavez, Tydu Catheryne; Palomino Taquire, Rewards
The present investigation had as general objective to determine the relationship between eating habits and nutritional status in adolescents of a public educational institution of the secondary level in the district of La Victoria in 2023. In this research the deductive method was applied with quantitative approach and with cross-sectional design and correlating. The sample consisted of 80 adolescents from 5to year of high school from 14 to 16 years; to which a questionnaire called Questionnaire of Eating Habits was applied that consists of 13 questions and the taking of anthropometric measures to obtain their Body Mass Index. Cronbach's Alpha reliability of the Healthy Habits variable was 0.860 95% CI (28.65 – 30.86). The Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test yielded Sig. .000 P< 0.5 thus determining that the variable and dimensions do not assume a normal distribution, so the Rho Spearman correlation and Mann Whitney U test were used to contrast the hypotheses. The results indicate that there is a higher percentage (29%) of adolescents with unhealthy eating habits. 30% of adolescents are overweight. 40% of adolescents consume fruits, soda, sweets and at dinner 39% of adolescents consume broaster chicken, salchipapa. 17.5% of teenagers who eat breakfast in glass of milk programs, 33.8% have lunch in a popular dining room and 32.5% have dinner in fast food stalls. In conclusion, it was possible to demonstrate that there are statistically significant differences between BMI and eating habits in adolescents of a public educational institution of the secondary level in the district of La Victoria.