Hábitos de salud de estudiantes del 1er año de Profesorado y Licenciatura de Educación Inicial de la Facultad de humanidades de la Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Chaco, Argentina

FERRERO LUCRECIA; STEIN MARINA

DIAETA

B.Aires

Lugar: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires; Año: 2020 vol. 38 p. 45 - 52

0328-1310

University students are exposed to a series of factors that predisposethem to adopt health-damaging behaviors and increase the risk of chronicnon-communicable diseases. Therefore, within the framework of theGood Practices Project in early childhood education, the objective of thepresent work was to know the lifestyles of university students taking intoaccount the following variables: number of meals consumed daily, typeof food consumed, consumption of alcohol, drugs and tobacco, practiceof physical activity, hours of sleep per day and economic support. For this,a survey was applied to a sample (n = 67) of students of the 1st year ofTeacher?s Training Course and Bachelor of Initial Education, attending theResearch, Integration and Practice I Workshop (compulsory subject). Theresults show physical inactivity (66%), the perception of an unhealthy diet(57.57%) and more than 40% of the respondents admitted consumingalcohol. A statistically significant association was found between studentswith perception of unhealthy habits and alcohol consumption. The lifestylesand eating habits of university students of the surveyed populationcould be considered as unhealthy, particularly physical inactivity and thetype of food they consume, with a lack of daily incorporation of essentialnutrients. Therefore, it is necessary to raise awareness and implementstrategies that promote change towards healthy lifestyles, allowing mitigationeffects and impacting on the quality of life of each individual.