Intervención nutricional con alimentos autóctonos de la Amazonía para disminuir los niveles de sobrepeso y obesidad en los adultos mayores

Abstract

The objective of the research is to apply a nutritional intervention with indigenous foods from the Amazon to reduce the levels of overweight and obesity in older adults of the Campesino Social Security of Vencedores; for which, the degree of overweight in the elderly of the Rural Social Security is identified through physical and medical evaluation, using a methodology based on the body mass index (BMI), which applies the height and weight of the people to determine the ideal value or weight, in this case of each elderly person. The first results show overweight in older adults; while with the application of a nutritional plan in the later an improvement is seen by reducing the overweight and raising the indicator of normal weight; These are considerable improvements due to the identified need and contribute to improving the diet of the elderly of the Rural Social Security. A food plan is also developed through the investigation of food products from the Amazon and their nutritional value, in order to reduce the levels of overweight and obesity in the elderly of the peasant social security (Annex 1), which Through the application of BMI after applying this nutritional plan, a notable improvement in health and in the indicator is observed in the elderly. To verify the above, the intake of indigenous Amazonian foods is correlated with the decrease in overweight and obesity in the elderly of the Rural Social Security, obtaining that the Pearson correlation is strong and positive with an indicator of 0.897 and a p value of 0.000 proving the study hypothesis.