Resumen de La dieta y los hábitos alimentarios del adolescente en relación con su estilo de vida
A.H. Nielsen, R. Martínez Martínez, Consuelo Prado Martínez
The association of adolescents style of life, weight control behaviours, sports with nutritional patterns have been analyzed in a sample of 152 people (84 girls and 68 boys) aged 15-16 years has been studied in Navalcarnero (Madrid). Consumption is hiperproteic, hiperlipidic and shows a deficit in carbohydrates in both sexes. Girls show lower energy intake and consumption of minerals and vitamisn than boys. More than half of the girls considered that they should weigh less (twice as many as did the boys). Girls mainly made recourse to diets, while boys resorte to exercise.
