Title:
DISCORDANCE IN THE BODY MASS INDEX OF THE STUDENTS TO THE ENTRY TO THE LICENSE IN NUTRITION OF A UNIVERSITY IN THE SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO

Authors:
Torres-Zapata Ange Esteban, Acuna-Lara Juana Patricia , Moguel-Ceballos Juan Eduardo and ZarzaGarcia Addy Leticia , Mexico

Abstract:
Mexico ranks second in obesity worldwide and first in childhood obesity, being a public health problem; given the magnitude and significance of this phenomenon, the work of nutrition professionals is essential to combat it, however, there are cases of nutrition professionals who fight against their own overweight or obesity, whom their patients may perceive differently with regarding those nutrition professionals who are at a healthy weight. For this reason, the present work seeks to determine the correspondence of the Body Mass Index of the students from the entrance to the degree in nutrition, which allows later to design intervention strategies for those students disagreement and at the end of their undergraduate studies there, is congruence with their vocational training. The present study has a quantitative approach with a non-experimental transversal design, where the BMI was used to determine congruence, which was recorded in the evaluation card of the Body Composition Laboratory. For the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics were used. The results indicate that more than half of the study subjects presented BMI inconsistent with the profession they wish to practice. It is considered essential to consider the design of strategies that help, first, to determine the factors that give rise to this phenomenon in the study population and then, propose an intervention program so that at the end of the degree there is such congruence