Obesidad infantil y su relación con el sedentarismo en tiempo de pandemia en estudiantes de la Unidad Educativa “16 de Abril”, ciudad de Azogues, 2022

Abstract

Background:The correct development of childhood results in a healthy adolescent and adult. One of the most prevalent diseases at this stage due to social factors is obesity, among which the most significant factors are the lack of physical activity and sedentary lifestyles. These behaviors have increased notably as a consequence of the pandemic. Objective: To establish the effects that have been generated from the measures implemented by the pandemic outbreak COVID-19 in relation to sedentary behavior associated with overweight in the child population. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, with a sample of 128 students, where the direct interview was applied to determine the level of physical activity and sedentary behavior and anthropometric measurements were taken to assess nutritional status. The data were processed and analyzed in the IBM SPSS Statistics v25 system. Results: From the total sample of 128 children 53.1% of males and 46.9% of females were determined, the most frequent age was 9 and 11 years with 21.1%. According to nutritional status 21.9% showed overweight, 20.3% showed obesity. The children practice sports in their free time, even so, 19.5% are sedentary. It was evidenced that there is a statistically significant association with P value of 0.000 between sedentary lifestyle and obesity. Conclusion: Childhood obesity in this study is high and this is related to sedentary lifestyle