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Background and aim: Patients with chronic diseases are exposed to increasing weight due to multiple factors. Study was orientated towards possibility of knowing and compare food habits and physical activity in chronic conditions group patients.
Methods: Across convenience sampling was carried out a comparative study, applying by consented form in one occasion to relatives of patients with chronic diseases attended in a general concentration medical unit in Mexico, an instrument of habitual physical activity and frequency of food and healthy drinks consumption. We established groups by disease and gender to categorize them in four groups of physical activity and in two for food habits. Data analysis was non parametric statistics.
Results: We included information granted by 52 parents. Oncologic group was predominating (53.84%). Statistical difference determined by minor values in oncology group observed in: height (p=0.012), weight (p=0.042), degree of nutrition (p=0.014), energetic rest expense (p=0.059) and energetic total expense (p=0.000). Also presented between patients with solid tumors and rest, in physical activity index (p=0.037) and energetic total expense (p=0.002). Fifty one (98.07%) patients were classified sedentary. Oncologic group showed minor physical activity (IAF < 2.00) and major frequency in consumption of not healthy food habits.
Conclusions: This group were sedentary, being cancer patients more inclined to physical inactivity and a major not healthy food habits. Integral management of patients with chronic diseases must include programs orientated for change physical activity and food consumption habits like a health priority.
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Herrera, J., Treviño, A. & Ortiz, C. 1078 Food Consumption Habits and Physical Activity in Children and Teenagers with Chronic Diseases. Pediatr Res 68 (Suppl 1), 535 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-01078
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