ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA COMO PREVENCIÓN DE SOBREPESO Y OBESIDAD EN NIÑOS DE 7-12 AÑOS.

DIANA MAYERLY VEGA-VALDIVIESO; KAREN YULIANNA AMAYA-PALACIOS; CARENTH JINNETH LINEROS-FLOREZ; GRACIELA OLARTE-RUEDA

doi:10.35563/rmp.v10i1.402

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS PREVENTION OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN CHILDRENAGED 7-12 YEARS

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DIANA MAYERLY VEGA-VALDIVIESO Enfermera en formación, Fundación universitaria de San Gil, UNISANGIL. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0890-6328
KAREN YULIANNA AMAYA-PALACIOS Enfermera en formación, Fundación universitaria de San Gil, UNISANGIL. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7637-6475
CARENTH JINNETH LINEROS-FLOREZ Fundación universitaria de San Gil, UNISANGIL https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0312-5322
GRACIELA OLARTE-RUEDA Fundación universitaria de San Gil, UNISANGIL https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1733-3285

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35563/rmp.v10i1.402

Keywords:

Aumento de peso, Estatura, Factores de riesgo

Abstract

Introduction: Obesity and overweight are a health problem that is currently affecting boys and girls to a
great extent worldwide and nationally. Objective: to determine the level of physical activity handled by the
school population aged 7 to 12 in two schools in the rural and urban areas of the municipality of San Gil, for
the prevention of overweight and obesity. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive quantitative
study, the sample was made up of 102 students from two public institutions, for data collection the
instrument was used to assess nutritional status (overweight and obesity) by anthropometric measures and eating habits. taken from an investigation of the University of Cartagena, descriptive statistics were applied. Results: It was found that 33.3% of the children responded that they did physical activity 2 or 3 times a
week, 27.5% did it 4 to 5 times a week, 17.5% 6 to 7 times a week , 11.8% did not perform any physical
activity and 9.8% 1 time in the last week. Conclusions: It was identified that schoolchildren perform physical
activity during the week, cases of overweight and obesity were found.

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2021-06-16

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): January - April

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS PREVENTION OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN CHILDRENAGED 7-12 YEARS. (2021). Revista Médica Panacea, 10(1), 32-37. https://doi.org/10.35563/rmp.v10i1.402

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