Hábitos alimentarios y composición corporal de los estudiantes de pregrado de la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil que asisten al Gold‘s Gym en el periodo octubre 2019 a febrero 2020.

Abstract

Healthy habits have increased at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, however, in many of the students there is an inadequate diet when there is an excess or deficit of nutrients, since this does not meet the nutritional needs of student athletes. The objective was to determine the influence of eating habits on the body composition of UCSG students attending Gold’s Gym in the city of Guayaquil. The food frequency consumption survey was used to determine their habits and to measure the body composition, electric bioimpedance was used. The research had a quantitative, observational and descriptive cross-sectional approach. The fat mass was evidenced according to sex, resulting in 58% of the population presenting high values, normal 30% and only 12% values considered low. The percentage distribution of the diagnosis of muscle mass by sex, evidenced that 30.23% of women have a low muscle mass distribution, and only 2.33% in the high range. In the survey of frequency of food consumption in the group classified as snacks, women showed a higher consumption that represents 23.26% compared to men with 18.60%. Marked inadequate nutrition was evident in women compared to men.