%0 Journal Article
%T H¨¢bitos alimentarios en adolescentes de s¨¦ptimo grado del municipio "10 de Octubre"
%A Vald¨¦s G¨®mez
%A Wendy
%A Leyva ¨¢lvarez de la Campa
%A Graciel
%A Espinosa Reyes
%A Tania Mayvel
%A Palma Tobar
%A Carlos Fabrizio
%J Revista Cubana de Endocrinolog£¿-a
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X introduction: the nutrition plays a critical role in the adolescent health and the consumption of a inappropriate diet may to influence in an unfavorable way on the somatic growth and the sexual maturation being a crucial stage of development where frequently prevail the nutritional disorders. methods: a cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted to identify and to describe the tastes, preferences and frequency of food consumption of adolescent of 7th degree studying in the "jos¨¦ mar¨ªa heredia" secondary school in the 2009-2010 course. sample included 192 adolescents and with the parents consent underwent to alimentary survey on tastes, preferences and weekly frequency of food consumption. results: the more preferred foods were the butter, mayonnaise and cream-cheese, sweets, preserves and soft drinks, mainly consumed daily; unlike the fruits and vegetables. the 14.1 % of adolescents preferred the alcohol and the 15.6 % consumed them at least once a week. conclusions: there are deficiencies in the alimentary education as well as inappropriate alimentary habits in the study adolescents.
%K adolescents
%K alimentary habits
%K consumption frequency
%K adolescent's health.
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