Factores asociados a sobrepeso y obesidad en adultos mayores que acuden al centro Católico Virgen de la Reconciliación en la comuna Nigeria situado en la Isla Trinitaria del cantón Guayaquil periodo mayo-agosto 2016.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with overweight and obesity, according to the body mass index, waist / hip index, percentage of reserve in fat mass, waist circumference, in the elderly population of the Nigerian community from the city of Guayaquil, who go to the centro católico Virgen de Reconciliación. A descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional observational study was carried out. Anthropometrically assessing by body mass index, 60 older adults between 60 and 100 years of age, including those diagnosed with overweight and obesity. It was obtained that due to their body mass index 50% of the population is overweight and obese, according to the Waist-Hip Index 70% of the older adults have android obesity and the remaining 30% have mixed obesity, minimum results were also obtained corresponding to weak muscular strength. It is evident that physical activity is not a factor that influences overweight and obesity, however it was a high prevalence in this population, for the present determination we measured the highest parameter being this the Waist-Hip Index, as a particular case we found that the highest percentage of this age group is represented by the female sex corresponding to 73.3%.