Anthropometric profile and habits of physical activity of a scho ol students Mapuches rural Temuco, Chile

• Main Authors: Pablo Antonio Valdés-Badilla, Nataly Yicel Vergara-Coronado, Daniela Suazo-Poblete, Andrés Godoy-Cumillaf, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Samuel Durán-Agüero
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Española de Nutrición y Dietética 2015-04-01
• Series: Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética
• Subjects: Somatotipo; Composición corporal; Estado nutricional; Hábitos de actividad física; Estudiantes rurales; Etnia Mapuche.
• Online Access: http://renhyd.org/index.php/renhyd/article/view/127
• ISSN: 2173-1292; 2174-5145

<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The nutritional status of children can be a predictor of health in adulthood element, the Mapuche population has a non-Mapuche population that increased prevalence of obesity in Chile. The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric profile and physical activity habits of Mapuche students of a particular charter school in the rural of Temuco city.</p><p><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> The design is not experimental, descriptive, transversal, with a quantitative approach. The sample included all students of the educational establishment Mapuches (n=23), in both sexes. He underwent anthropometric assessment ISAK and total time physical activity was estimated by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, short version in Spanish (IPAQ-A). To correlate the variables a partial correlation was used.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> The students average about 35.4% of fat mass, muscle mass 34.1%, 11.4% of residual mass, 12% of bone mass, 7% of residual mass and somatotype 4.9–5.1–1.8 that meso-endomorph classified as balanced. Regarding the total time physical activity, students reach 2225.9 minutes/week, your energy expenditure is 9592.1 (METs/min/week) and stay seated equals 228.6 minutes per week, finally negative correlation was found between BMI and total time of physical activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The students have a mostly standard anthropometric profile, but with a troubling obesity rate. His activity level is high, placing them as active subjects according to normative tables.</p>