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    Hábitos y conocimientos alimentarios en adolescentes
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermería, 2023-06-08) Lara Espinosa, Lizbeth Estefania; Rojas Conde, Luis Geovanny
    Introduction: currently unhealthy diets cause health problems among the population. Therefore, it is necessary to apply an adequate dietary habit for a healthy life and thus reduce the risk of diseases in the future. Objective: to analyze the dietary habits and knowledge of adolescents between 14 and 17 years of age,identifying the risk factors that may affect the health and well-being of the population studied. Method: a quantitative approach methodology with descriptive scope was applied. A dietary questionnaire on eating habits, eating behavior and nutritional knowledge was applied. Results: when analyzing the sample, risk factors that may affect the nutritional health of the studied population were identified, where most of the students have notions about these practices. Most of them have reliable knowledge about food consumption frequency and variety. However, the dimensions that evidenced lower reliability corresponded to food knowledge in adolescents Conclusions: the results obtained in the present research, allow us to conclude that the adolescents whomade up the sample of this research possess reliable knowledge about the variables self-efficacy, frequency in food consumption, eating habits, knowledge of nutrition and food safety and behavior in hygiene practices, which indicates that most students possess notions about these practices, which can serve as protection.
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    Adherencia de la dieta mediterránea en una población urbana de la sierra ecuatoriana
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Enfermería, 2023-06-08) Chimborazo Caizaguano, Mayra Alexandra; Cantuñi Carpio, Verónica del Pilar
    Introduction: mediterranean diet is characterized by being balanced, varied, and includes the necessary nutrients for the life of the human being, the moderate intake of red wine has antioxidant characteristics, it prevents atherosclerosis becoming a cardiovascular protector, likewise the nuts contribute to the reduction of triglycerides. Objective: determine the adherence to the Mediterranean diet in an urban population of the Ecuadorian highlands. Methods: quantitative research, with a non-experimental descriptive correlational approach, cross-sectional, carried out in August 2022, which uses a questionnaire as a tool which was applied to a population of 133 people who constitute the sample of participants. Results: the results were tabulated using the Excel 2016 version software, obtaining scientific data. The study reflects that 66,2 % of the population shows low or poor adherence and 33,8 % show good adherence to the consumption of a Mediterranean diet, in many of the respondents the intake of carbonated drinks, high-calorie products such as cakes or commercial confectionery has become a habit forming these as a fundamental part of their diets. Conclusions: the mediterranean diet is a new concept for our country, however, there is a large amount of scientific evidence of the benefits that it brings to the nutritional status in addition to the prevention of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.