Influencia del entorno social en la alimentación de los adolescentes del colegio “César Dávila Andrade”, Cuenca diciembre 2018- abril 2019.

Abstract

Background: A sufficient, balanced, complete and adequate diet for a harmonious and integral individual development, as well as the importance of achieving correct eating habits in the adolescent, which is marked by the influence of family, friends, and The different social media communication having a negative or positive impact on them. Objective: Determine the influence of the social environment on the feeding of adolescents at the "César Dávila Andrade" school in the city of Cuenca. Methodology: This is an observational, descriptive study conducted in the period of December 2018 - April 2019 at the "César Dávila Andrade" school in the city of Cuenca. A survey was applied to 142 students chosen by the simple random probabilistic method. Results: A prevalence of a normal nutritional status was found in 76.76% of the sample, secondly 16.20% is underweight and 4.93% is overweight. advertising messages do influence 90.14% in adolescents, predominantly in the female gender with 50.70%, and 39.44% in the male gender. Conclusions: The adolescents of the César Dávila Andrade School prevail in the normal nutritional state, therefore, they are in an adequate state of health, according to their nutrition and food.