Abstract
To identify the relationships between the characteristics of the persona-lity, eating habits and the nutritional diagnosis of school-age adolescents of Monteros, Tucumán, Argentina. A quantitative, cross-sectional comparative study was conducted with a non-probabilistic sample of 172 adolescents (average age = 13,57 ± 1,074). Individual measurements of weight and height were taken to calculate the body mass index and divided into two groups: clinical (overweight / obese) and control (normal weight). Moreover, a personality questionnaire was applied to them, and a food consumption frequency questionnaire adapted for the present study. 41.9% of adolescents were overweight, obese and morbidly obese. The frequency of food consumption and eating habits are adequate in both groups, while phy-sical activity and lifestyle was little adequate in the control group and adequate in the clinical group. Significant associations were found between personality traits, eating habits and physical activity-lifestyle, while the relationship between personality and nutritional diagnosis and the frequency of food consumption could not be verified. The results showed an increase in overweight/obesity compared to previous local studies and the correlation between personality traits, eating habits and physical activity-lifestyle.
Highlights
The results showed an increase in overweight/obesity compared to previous local studies and the correlation between personality traits, eating habits and physical activity-lifestyle
Los estudios demuestran que los adolescentes en general presentan hábitos alimentarios inadecuados [24-27,37,38], por lo que podría presuponerse que, de mantenerse las condiciones, el grupo de peso normal presentaría también vulnerabilidad para una futura obesidad [10]
Summary
The results showed an increase in overweight/obesity compared to previous local studies and the correlation between personality traits, eating habits and physical activity-lifestyle. Hay evidencias que muestran que el sobrepeso y la obesidad tienen relación con las características de personalidad [15]. Las investigaciones recientes demuestran que la personalidad influye en las elecciones alimentarias (hábitos alimentarios y tipo de comida) [19,20] como en los intentos por controlar la ingesta de alimentos y el peso corporal. Si bien existe cierta evidencia sobre la relación entre la personalidad y los hábitos alimentarios, esta todavía resulta escasa, particularmente a nivel local. El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar los rasgos de personalidad y los hábitos alimentarios en adolescentes escolarizados con diferente estado nutricional antropométrico, de la ciudad de Monteros, Tucumán (Argentina). Se partió de la hipótesis de que los rasgos de personalidad más psicopatológicos se vincularían, en mayor medida, a hábitos alimentarios poco saludables, particularmente en adolescentes con sobrepeso y obesidad. FERNÁNDEZ - CARACTERÍSTICAS DE PERSONALIDAD, HÁBITOS ALIMENTARIOS Y DIAGNÓSTICO NUTRICIONAL EN ADOLESCENTES
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