Keywords
student
Risk factors
Obesity
Cardiovascular diseases
How to Cite
Abstract
Introduction: An important change in public health that the 21st century had was the spectrum of body weight gain as a pandemic. In Colombia, of young people and adults, one in three is overweight (37.7 %), while one in five is obese (18.7 %).
Methodology: A descriptive multicentre cross-sectional study will be carried out. 3 Colombian universities participated. The data analysis performed a descriptive analysis for the variables of interest.
Results: 233 medical students were selected. When analyzing the body mass index (BMI) the largest number of people is in a normal range with 75 % followed by a 19.9 % who classify as overweight. With respect to physical activity, we will find 46.7 % of the individuals carried out a high level of physical activity.
Discussion: Our study is consistent with the global reality, since 19.9 % are overweight. Physical activity where 58.7 % lead a sedentary life evidenced by the time that they remain seated where 110 people stay between 6 and 10 hours.
Conclusions: Research on cardiovascular risk factors, obesity and metabolism increasingly focuses on beginning to analyze these variables from the beginning to avoid cardiovascular disease in the future.
References
2. González-Zapata L, Carreño-Aguirre C, Estrada A, Monsalve-Alvarez J, Alvarez LS. Exceso de peso corporal en estudiantes universitarios según variables sociodemográficos y estilo de vida. Rev Chil Nutr. 2017;44(3). doi: 10.4067/S0717-75182017000300251
3. Encuesta nacional de la situación nutricional en Colombia 2010 [Internet]. Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social; 2010. [citado en mayo 12 de 2018]. Disponible en: https://bit.ly/2KwUeqM
4. Hartson KR, Gance-Cleveland B, Amura CR, Schmiege S. Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors Among Overweight Hispanic School-aged Children. J Pediatr Nurs. 2018;40:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j. pedn.2018.01.019
5. Niu Y, Zhou D, Ma Z. Effect of aerobic exercises on students’ physical health indicators. Sci Sports. 2018;33(2):e85-9. doi: 10.1016/j.scispo.2018.01.003
6. Peralta C, Loayza K, Medina-Palomino F, Rojas-Vilca J. Monitoreo domiciliario de presión arterial y factores de riesgo cardiovascular en jóvenes estudiantes de medicina de una universidad privada en Lima, Perú. Rev Med Hered. 2017;28(28):157-165. Disponible en: https://bit.ly/385qER7
7. Morales G, Guillen-Grima F, Muñoz S, Belmar C, Schifferli I, Muñoz A, et al. Factores de riesgo cardiovascular en universitarios de primer y tercer año. Rev Med Chile. 2017;145:299-308. Disponible en: https://bit.ly/387Vskk
8. Morales G, Castillo B, Muñoz T, Belmar S, Soto C, Schifferli A, et al. Asociación entre factores de riesgo cardiometabólicos, actividad física y sedentarismo en universitarios chilenos. Nutr Hosp Nutr Hosp Hosp. 2017;34(6):1265-516. doi: 10.20960/nh.1060
9. Chávez-Valenzuela ME, Salazar CM, Hoyos-Ruiz G, Bautista-Jacobo A, González-Lomeli D, Ogarrio-Perkins CE. Actividad física y enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles de estudiantes mexicanos en función del género. Retos Nuevas Tendencias En Educación Física, Deporte y Recreación. 2018;33:169-74. Disponible en: https://bit.ly/2JX871x
10. Pérez C, Rodríguez I, Gantiva C. Cuestionario para la clasificación de consumidores de cigarrillo (C4) para jóvenes. Diversitas. 2011;7(2):281-91. Disponible en: https://bit.ly/37lwHBV.
11. Mantilla-Toloza SC, Gómez-Conesa A. El Cuestionario Internacional de Actividad Física. Un instrumento adecuado en el seguimiento de la actividad física poblacional. Rev Iberoam Fisioter Kinesiol. 2007;10(1):48-52. Disponible en: https://bit.ly/3adWf5Z
12. Farhadnejad H, Asghari G, Mirmiran P, Azizi F. Dietary approach to stop hypertension diet and cardiovascular risk factors among 10- to 18-year-old individuals. Pediatr Obes. 2018;13(4):185-94. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12268
13. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128.9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2017;390(10113):2627.42. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32129-3
14. Palma L, Mendez C, Arana D, Ortiz J. Identificación del Componente Antropométrico de Estudiantes Pertenecientes a Medicina y Educación Física (Uceva Tuluá). Rev Edu Fis. 2017;35(1). Disponible en: https://bit.ly/34drfPq
15. Damiri B, Aghbar A, Alkhdour S, Arafat Y. Characterization and prevalence of metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese young Palestinian students at An-Najah National University. Diabetes Metab Syndr Clin Res Rev. 2018;12(3):343-8. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2017.12.021
16. Pajuelo J, Arbañil H, Gonzales JS, Gamarra D, Torres H, Pando R, et al. Obeso metabólicamente normal. An Fac Med. 2014;75(2):113-8. doi: 10.15381/ anales.v75i2.8386
17. Griera-Borrás JL, Contreras-Gilbert J. ¿Existe el obeso sano? Endocrinol Nutr. 2014;61(1):47-51. doi: 10.1016/j.endonu.2013.03.010
18. Hunter J, Rawlings-Anderson K, Lindsay T, Bowden T, Aitken LM. Exploring student nurses’ attitudes towards those who are obese and whether these attitudes change following a simulated activity. Nurse Educ Today. 2018;65:225-31. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.03.013
19. Kim JY, Yang Y, Sim YJ. Effects of smoking and aerobic exercise on male college students’ metabolic syndrome risk factors. J Phys Ther Sci. 2018;30(4):595-600. doi: 10.1589/jpts.30.595
20. Bell CN, Thorpe RJ, Bowie JV, LaVeist TA. Race disparities in cardiovascular disease risk factors within socioeconomic status strata. Ann Epidemiol. 2018;28(3):147-52. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.12.007
Authors must state that they reviewed, validated and approved the manuscript's publication. Moreover, they must sign a model release that should be sent. A copy may be reviewed here