Abstract
Abstract This article presents the preliminary results of a descriptive exploratory study on life style of university students of the area of the Computation who will serve for the design of strategies of prevention of not transmissible illnesses. We used a questionnaire of our own design that probes three dimensions: General Data, Health and Perception that allow us to have a global vision of the lifestyle of the respondents. The questionnaire was applied in the summer of 2014 to 1060 students of Computer and Information Technology careers. The results indicate that we are facing a population whose daily habits tend to risky behaviors for their health and already present risk factors of noncommunicable diseases such as: 28.8% overweight / obesity (n = 277), 67.1% smoking (n = 646), 31.5% lack of physical activity (n = 303), 71% sedentary lifestyle (n = 684) as well as waist circumference greater than 83 cm, 24.5% (n = 236). Keywords: Lifestyle, Risk Factors, Health Promotion, Healthy Behaviors, Innovation, Technology.
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