Abstract

AVALOS LATORRE, María Luisa. Relationship between eating habits and attitudes with anthropometric indicators by sex in high school adolescents. Acta univ [online]. 2020, vol.30, e2422.  Epub Mar 26, 2021. ISSN 2007-9621.  https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2020.2422.

Currently, overweight and obesity are life-threatening health problems. Although there are studies in this regard, there are few that comprehensively and specifically address the related habits, thoughts, and attitudes. For this reason, this research analyzes the relationship between the habits and attitudes of adolescents with anthropometric indicators according to sex. A total of 673 secondary school students participated in the study. They answered a sociodemographic and school data sheet, as well as the Overeating Questionnaire (OQ), which has an index and internal consistency from 0.65 to 0.87 in the Mexican population. Weight, height, and circumference measurements were taken. The results show that both women and men with BMI > 29.9 experience cycles of food intake (r = 0.120, p < 0.05; and r = - 0.153, p < 0.01, respectively), rationalize their weight (r = 0.239, p < 0.01; and r = 0.387, p < 0.01) and show interest in losing weight (r = 0.533, p < 0.01; and r = 0.497, p < 0.001). The presence of overweight and obesity in adolescents contributes to the desire to lose weight and to resort to low-calorie strategies, so it will be important to promote healthy habits in students.

Keywords : Diet behavior; sex; anthropometric; adolescence.

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