Estilo de vida e influencia en el desorden alimenticio un estudio de caso en el municipio de Malpaso, Chiapas, MéxicoLifestyle and influence on eating disorder a case study in the municipality of Malpaso, Chiapas, Mexico
ResumenEste artículo muestra los resultados de un estudio de caso sobre el estilo de vida e influencia en el desorden alimenticio en derechohabientes que acudieron durante el periodo de la investigación a una Unidad Médica Familiar (UMF) ubicada en el municipio de Malpaso, Chiapas. Objetivo: determinar el estilo de vida e influencia en el desorden alimenticio en derechohabientes que acudieron a la consulta de medicina familiar en la UMF no. 41 de Malpaso, Chiapas. Materiales y métodos: se aplicó un cuestionario y, posteriormente, se contrastó con el instrumento FANTASTIC, ambos diseñados para determinar los estilos de vida. Resultados y discusión: se determinó que, en general, los sujetos de estudio tienen un estilo de vida "malo", el cual se manifiesta en enfermedades crónico-degenerativas como diabetes mellitus tipo 1 (DM1), diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DM2), hipertensión arterial In this context, it is very important to identify the customs of each individual or social group in particular so that the corresponding governmental instances can intervene in the prevention of those diseases that can be avoided, through strategies that help to raise awareness among the population in collective and individually, and that contribute to the reduction of risk and occurrence of preventable diseases caused by bad lifestyles, which contribute to people of all ages suffering from overweight and obesity and, consequently, to the appearance of diseases mentioned above.Overweight is defined as excess body weight compared to height and obesity as excess body fat (Amador, 2000). Obesity is a chronic, complex and multifactorial disease that can be prevented. It is a process that usually begins in childhood and adolescence, which is established by an imbalance between intake and energy expenditure (Fernández, 2005).On the other hand, obesity was considered by the World Health Organization ( In 2016, more than 1.9 million adults aged 18 years and over were overweight, of which more than 650 million were obese, which represents 39% of adults in this age range (39% of men and 40% of women) were overweight. Specifically, about 13% of the world's adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese (WHO, 2016).In Latin America, the prevalence of obesity is increasing in a similar way to more developed societies, although the marked cultural, economic and racial heterogeneity of its population generates conditions in which obesity can coexist. In the city of Buenos Aires, the Argentine Society of Obesity and Eating Disorders (SAOTA) conducted a population survey, according to which 27.63% of women and 43.15% of men were overweight, and 10.44% of women and 12.18% of males, obesity (Montero, 2002).According to the IMC cut-off points proposed by the WHO, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Mexico in adults age...