Anthropometric and biochemical evaluation of university students for COVID preventive improvement 2020

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate university students through anthropometry and biochemistry in order to design healthy lifestyles to improve the immune system against COVID-19. Materials and Method: A sample of 184 I cycle students from the different schools of the UNJFSC was taken. The google survey was used. Results: Students from 16 to 18 years old in Anthropometry obtained a BMI. Women have a risk of overweight 72.2%, overweight 23.6%, normal 2.8%, obesity 1.4% and men risk overweight 47.6%, overweight 28.6% , obesity 16.7%, normal 7.1%. Students over 19 years of age are overweight 30.3%, obesity I 12.1%, obesity III 3%; women overweight 21.6%, thinness I 2.7%, thinness II 2.7. In the frequency of consumption, we observe that university students consume daily, weekly, monthly, in a higher percentage, cereals (rice, noodles, roots and tubers) and legumes. The consumption of protein foods are present through dairy products, eggs, meat, fish, poultry and viscera, being within the adequate ranges. Vegetables and fruits are present in 50% on average. CONCLUSIONS: In the evaluation of the nutritional assessment, it was found that students are at risk of overweight, overweight and obesity, also coinciding with the frequency of food consumption and proposing a design to improve the immune system against COVID-19