Caracterización de la ingesta proteica en adultos mayores con riesgo de sarcopenia en 5 zonas marginales de la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Abstract

Introduction and objectives: Aging is accompanied by changes owned by age, and as a consequence the appearance of diseases caused by inadequate feeding. The main objective is to characterize protein intake in older adults at risk of sarcopenia in 5 marginal areas of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Materials and methods: This study has a quantitative non-experimental, descriptive and transversal approach. The population covered 103 older adults and the sample was 84 older adults, 64 women and 20 men. The SARC-F questionnaire was used to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia, and to estimate the protein intake was use the frequency of food consumption adapted from Ensanut, photographic food album "Guide for dietary studies" and the Mexican table and Ecuadorian food composition. Result: The protein distribution, women (76.2%) and men (23.8%) consume 74.6 gr/pr/wk of animal protein and 36.65 gr/pr/wk of vegetable protein, which 21.85 gr/pr/wk at breakfast, 60.1 gr/pr/wk at lunch, and 21.5 gr/pr/wk at dinner. It was evidenced that 39.3% (n=33) of the population are at risk of sarcopenia and 60.7% (n=51) are not at risk. According to the distribution of grams of protein per week in older adults at risk of sarcopenia, 21.90 gr/pr/wk consume at breakfast, 55 gr/pr/wk at lunch and 25.25 gr/pr/wk at dinner. Conclusions: It was shown that older adults do not meet the protein intake requirement in the three meal times per day or weekly.