Prevalencia de factores de riesgo comportamentales asociados a enfermedades no transmisibles en los estudiantes de la facultad de cultura física de la universidad Santo Tomás 2016

Abstract

Introduction: Physical inactivity, smoking, harmful alcohol consumption, and an unhealthy diet, are behavioral risk factors that are related to noncommunicable diseases. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of behavioral risk factors associated with noncommunicable diseases in the Physical Culture, Sport and Recreation students of Santo Tomas University Bucaramanga, 2016. Methodology: a descriptive cross-sectional study was held in undergraduate physical culture, sport and recreation. Physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and low intake of fruits and vegetables were describe using the STEPS WISE. questionnaire Results: 100% of students are physically active. 30% of students are overweight or obese according to BMI, 22% has a percentage of unhealthy fat. Smoking prevalence stood at 6% and 52.63% of students have episodic drinking. As for the low consumption of fruits and vegetables the 88.95% of the participating students does not meet the WHO recommendations. Conclusions: The participants in this study, because of the nature of their profession, are aware of the benefits of having a healthy lifestyle, particularly in the aspect of physical activity, there is a high prevalence of other behavioral risk factors, especially the low intake of fruits and vegetables and risky alcohol consumption.