Enfermedades metabólicas factores de riesgo en adolescentes de un colegio del cantón Machala – Ecuador

Lifestyles in adolescence are an important factor that triggers the development of diseases. In many situations, it will depend on the quality of information that the individual acquires during his or her growth, thus managing to maintain healthy habits or, if applicable, modifying harmful habits. identified, the objective of this study is to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life and promotion of comprehensive human health against the risk of morbidity and mortality in the adolescent population. The research is descriptive, cross-sectional, two instruments were used to collect data. : self-assessment test on “fantastic” lifestyles and a survey on lifestyles with sociodemographic data such as age, sex and BMI, sample made up of 378 students in the eighth year of basic education from a Baccalaureate School in the Machala canton, the results show that in 12-year-old male adolescents, 10.5% have pre-obesity, 8.4% have severe and moderate thinness, 3.5% have mild obesity and 1.4% have medium obesity, while women have 13.5%. % pre-obesity, 8.6% severe thinness and 1.6% mild obesity. According to the age of 13 years, 22.7% of males were severely thin, 21.1% of females were severely thin, and 10.5% were pre-obese; In 14-yearold male adolescents, 33.3% of slight thinness is identified. In conclusion, in the samples studied, cases were identified with important alterations in nutritional status that are related to the lack of healthy nutritional habits Los estilos de vida en la adolescencia son un importante factor como detonante al desarrollo de enfermedades, dependerá en muchas situaciones a la calidad de información que el individuo adquiera durante su crecimiento, logrando mantener de este modo hábitos saludables o de ser el caso modificando hábitos nocivos identificados, el objetivo del presente estudio es contribuir en mejoramiento de la calidad de vida y promoción de salud humana integral frente al riesgo de morbimortalidad en la población adolescente, la investigación es de tipo descriptivo, transversal, para la recolección de datos se utilizaron dos instrumentos: test de autoevaluación sobre estilos de vida “ fantástico “y una encuesta sobre estilos de vida con datos sociodemográfico como edad, sexo e IMC, muestra conformada por 378 estudiantes de octavo año de educación básica de un Colegio de Bachillerato del cantón Machala, los resultados muestran que en los adolescentes de 12 años de sexo masculino el 10,5% presenta preobesidad, 8,4% del