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    Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding nutrition among students of the School of Public Health - Tekove Katu in Bolivia
    (2025) Paola Kattya Barrientos Lujan; Blas Apaza-Huanca; Iris Ingrid Carrillo-Campos; Benito Aguirre-Cruz; Delly Espejo-Alanoca; Rodolfo R. Rosales; Lisbet Carolay Cordova Mamani; Jhossmar Cristians Auza-Santiváñez
    Introduction: Food is an essential component in the socio-cultural and economic context of communities. In Bolivia, malnutrition and food security problems are prevalent, especially in indigenous communities. The "Tekove Katu" Health School is an ideal setting for the implementation of nutritional education programs, given its intercultural approach and the potential impact on the food practices of students and their communities.Methods: Study design: Descriptive, cross-sectional observational study in students from indigenous communities during the month of February - December 2023. Universe and sample: 100% of students enrolled in 2023 were included. Exclusion criteria: Not wanting to participate in the research Not attending during the days in which the questionnaire was applied. Procedure: The data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire.Results and discussion: The results indicated that 82.55% of the participants expressed an appropriate conceptualization of healthy eating; However, a significant dissonance was evident between theoretical understanding and eating behaviors. Consumption patterns characterized by a dichotomy between the recognition of nutritional principles (91.86% expressed interest in healthy eating) and suboptimal eating practices (95.38% consumption of sweets, 83.07% consumption of hamburgers).Conclusions: At the "TEKOVE KATU" Health School, there is a predominance of the female gender and a higher concentration of students in the age range of 17 to 19 years. The parents of the students have a low educational level, and most of the students live with more than four people. A positive attitude towards the interest in eating healthily is highlighted, although a preference for foods rich in fats, refined sugars and sodium is also observed, despite recognizing that these are unhealthy. A large majority of students receive limited and unreliable information on food and nutrition, which highlights the need for a more solid nutritional education. It is clear that, in the absence of nutritional education and healthy eating programs, students do not have a solid foundation to consolidate healthy eating habits, which constitutes a public health problem with implications for morbidity and mortality, quality of life, health expenditure and an increase in chronic non-communicable diseases
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    Overweight, Obesity and High Blood Pressure: Early Atherogenic Signs in Children Aged 3 to 7 Years
    (2025) Jhossmar Cristians Auza-Santiváñez; Freddy Ednildon Bautista-Vanegas; Ingrid Neysa Cabezas-Soliz; Henrry Temis Quisbert Vasquez; Yenifer Zelaya-Espinoza; Jorge Márquez-Molina; Delly Espejo-Alanoca; Paola Kattya Barrientos Lujan; Isaura Oberson Santander
    Introduction: Human atherosclerosis has been considered for centuries as one of the greatest predators of health, its distribution on the planet is so wide that it overwhelmingly surpasses any other pathological process and reaches epidemic proportions, both in economically developed populations and in the process of becoming so.Objective: To identify the presence of overweight, obesity and arterial hypertension as early signs of atherosclerosis in children aged 3-7 years.Methods: A descriptive-analytical cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out in 5 clinics of the "19 de abril" University Polyclinic, in the Plaza de la Revolución municipality, Havana City, during the period 2022-2023. The sample consisted of 152 children aged 3 to 7 years who met the inclusion criteria. The data were collected using the new model (AtecomR) and stored in an automated database in Microsoft Access. Statistical processing was performed using the SPSS statistical package, through a Toshiba Intel (R) Pentium IV microprocessor.Conclusion: This study constitutes a preamble for other investigations that address the problem of cardiovascular disease from the perspective of intrauterine life. The results have provided certain evidence, which, together with a review of the literature, has allowed us to propose the following conclusions. A high frequency of obesity, overweight and high blood pressure levels was identified in the study population. It was observed that in the obese and overweight group they had a tendency to increase with age, being higher their frequency between five and six years respectively. It was shown that overweight and obesity in children were factors for the presence of alterations in blood pressure.