Introducción. Los estudiantes universitarios son un grupo vulnerable que se encuentra en proceso de formación, con hábitos alimentarios en muchos casos no saludables que pueden afectar el rendimiento académico. Objetivo. Identificar la relación entre el Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) y el rendimiento académico de los alumnos del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias de la Universidad de Guadalajara. Metodología. Es un estudio de casos y controles, para lo cual se tomó peso y estatura de los estudiantes y se calculó el IMC, se formaron dos grupos: casos (estudiantes con bajo peso, sobrepeso y obesidad) y controles (normopeso). El rendimiento académico fue clasificado en tres categorías: Excelente/Muy Bueno (90-100), Bueno (80-89) y Regular/Malo (< 80), de acuerdo a su situación académica se catalogaron como: titulados, egresados, activos y estudiantes irregulares. El análisis estadístico se realizó mediante el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson, pruebas de media y desviación standar y prueba t de student. Resultados. Participaron 200 alumnos, 97 casos (13% tuvieron bajo peso, 26.5% sobrepeso y 9% obesidad) y 103 controles (51.5%). El 40.5% de alumnos con sobrepeso presentaron rendimiento académico significativamente menor (p<0.05) en relación al 13.5% con normopeso. Conclusiones. En esta muestra de estudio se encontró una correlación negativa y significativa entre el IMC y el promedio académico.
The objective of the work was to know the eating habits of students of the University Campus of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, in Jalisco, Mexico. An online questionnaire was applied to 229 students, about the frequency of food consumption, grouping them into three categories of food (not healthy, unhealthy and healthy), hours and number of meals per day, influence of stress on the amount of food consumed and information about breakfast. The results showed that 29.3% of the students followed an not healthy diet, 40.6% unhealthy and 30.1% healthy; 55.5% had the three main meals, 62.9% did not comply with meal times. In stressful situations, 52.4% ingested a greater amount and 31% a smaller amount of food; 96.9% usually eat breakfast. The students surveyed presented an inadequate diet, with a deficient intake of fruits and vegetables, in addition to omitting some meal time and not complying with the recommended feeding schedules. It is essential to promote healthy eating habits in students, as well as implement strategies to access healthier foods in the university environment that allow improving the quality of the diet, which can influence health and academic performance.
Introducción: el consumo de sustancias adictivas por jóvenes se considera un grave problema de salud pública. Objetivo: conocer la prevalencia del consumo de alcohol, tabaco y otras drogas en estudiantes de primer ingreso a un Centro Universitario en Jalisco, México. Material y métodos: se aplicó un cuestionario a los alumnos de nuevo ingreso al Centro Universitario, se obtuvo información sociodemográfica (edad, sexo, promedio de bachillerato, escolaridad de los padres, relación familiar) y consumo de sustancias adictivas (alcohol, tabaco y otras drogas) y se obtuvo su consentimiento informado. Resultados: participaron 608 alumnos, 53.8% mujeres y 46.2% hombres, edad promedio 19.1 ± 1.3 años, las mujeres tuvieron mejor promedio de bachillerato (89.45 ± 5.76) respecto a los hombres (86.12 ± 6.27) (p<0.001), 49.8% tuvieron una relación familiar excelente, 59.2% fumó tabaco alguna vez y 19.8% fuman en fiestas y reuniones; 92.9% consumió alcohol en alguna ocasión y 43% los fines de semana; la droga ilícita más consumida fue marihuana, 24% ha fumado alguna vez y 1.5% fines de semana. Conclusiones: se encontró que fumar aumenta el riesgo de consumir alcohol, tener una relación familiar excelente reduce la incidencia del consumo de drogas, además el promedio de bachillerato fue más bajo en los consumidores de sustancias adictivas.
The student’s academic performance is an essential factor indicator. There are several factors that could influence on such performance, so the objective of this work was to analyze the relationship between the academic performance and different factors such as physical activity, alcohol and tobacco consumption in students of the University Center of Biological and Agricultural Sciences (CUCBA) of the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG). To this aim, 200 both genders students were asked to consent to apply an inquiry: The academic performance was classified into three levels: Excellent / Very Good (90-100), Good (80-89) and Regular / Bad (<80). The academic status was determined and grouped into four categories: graduates, not graduates, active and irregular. The results were analyzed by Mean Test, Standard deviation, Student's t-test and Chi-squared test. 41% of the enrolled subjects were women and 59% men. The results showed that smoking students had a lower academic performance (p <0.05) than non-smokers, however, in the present study it was not found a significant relationship between alcohol consumption or physical activity and academic performance. It is intended to contribute with proposals tending to strengthen healthy lifestyles and to improve the educacional indicators of this university community.
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