Estudio piloto sobre prevalencia de obesidad en universitarios mexicanos y hábitos de salud relacionados
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La obesidad es uno de los mayores problemas de salud en la sociedad actual, hasta
el punto de ser considerada una pandemia. No obstante su universalidad, hay ciertos
grupos sociales y/o étnicos afectados de forma más directa. Entre ellos, las
personas de origen mexicano ocupan un lugar destacado, pese a lo cual, son muy
pocos los estudios realizados con muestras netamente originarias de México, y
menos aún, los realizados con jóvenes universitarios mexicanos. El presente estudio
utiliza una muestra de 505 universitarios con una edad media de 20,83 años. Mediante
el uso de un cuestionario se obtuvo información sobre el índice de masa corporal,
y otras conductas relacionadas con la salud, como el consumo de tabaco, de alcohol
y ejercicio físico. Los resultados indican diferencias significativas por género, en
cuanto los varones llevan a cabo más conductas de riesgo que las mujeres (excepto
en ejercicio físico). Además, se confirma una importante relación entre consumo de
alcohol y de tabaco. Son necesarios estudios más amplios y con muestras más
variadas para contrastar estos resultados.
Obesity is one of the greater health problems the present society must to face with, to such an extent to be considered a pandemic. Regardless of its universality, certain social and/or ethnic groups are more directly affected. Among them, the people of Mexican origin hold an important place, in spite of which, there are very few studies carry out with clearly Mexican origin samples. This paper use a 505 university students sample, about 20,83 years old mean age. With the help of a questionnaire, we obtained information about body mass index and other behaviours linked with health, such as tobacco consumption, alcohol consumption and physical activity. The results show that there were significant differences between sexes, with men implementing more risk behaviours than women (except for a greater amount of physical activity.) In addition, it seems to be an important relation between alcohol consumption and smoking. Broader studies, with bigger samples are necessary to contrast these results.
Obesity is one of the greater health problems the present society must to face with, to such an extent to be considered a pandemic. Regardless of its universality, certain social and/or ethnic groups are more directly affected. Among them, the people of Mexican origin hold an important place, in spite of which, there are very few studies carry out with clearly Mexican origin samples. This paper use a 505 university students sample, about 20,83 years old mean age. With the help of a questionnaire, we obtained information about body mass index and other behaviours linked with health, such as tobacco consumption, alcohol consumption and physical activity. The results show that there were significant differences between sexes, with men implementing more risk behaviours than women (except for a greater amount of physical activity.) In addition, it seems to be an important relation between alcohol consumption and smoking. Broader studies, with bigger samples are necessary to contrast these results.
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Moreno San Pedro, E., Vázquez, L., Gutiérrez, G., Martínez Aguilar, M.L., Quevedo, M., González Valladares, M.R.: "Estudio piloto sobre prevalencia de obesidad en universitarios mexicanos y hábitos de salud relacionados". International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy. Vol. 4, Nº 3, págs. 623-638, (2004). ISSN 1577-7057











