TY - THES TI - Sobrepeso y obesidad en relación con el sedentarismo como factor de riesgo cardiovascular, en jóvenes de 18 a 25 años, Universidad de Santander, Cúcuta 2018 AU - García Salazar, Thaylin AU - Salcedo Martínez, Milena AU - Vera Mora, Rosa Elena AB - The descriptive type research in university students of the Faculty of Health in the UDES, the population for the time of the study in the II semester of 2018 was of 2615 students; a non-probabilistic and intentional sample was determined at the convenience of the researchers, corresponding to 365 students who met the inclusion criteria. 76.01% of the students in the study were women and 23.01% men. The average age was 19 and a fashion of 18 years. The 61.10% of the students remained in a normal range of weight, 23.01% obtained a prevalence of overweight and obesity of 9.86% according to their BMI. In the android syndrome, 8.22% of the students present it and 41.09% present the syndrome of gynoid type that indicates accumulation of fat at the level of the hips and legs. 11.5% of the students who participated in the study were categorized into a high level of physical activity, 65.7% at a medium level and 22.7% at a low level according to the results obtained from the questionnaire. G PAQ. The association was determined by linear association by line and the Tau-c of Kendall, gave as a result that although the trend observed in both men and women was that the higher the level of physical activity the lower the prevalence of overweight and obesity, the could conclude that there is a statistically significant association (p> 0.05). It was analyzed that the trend observed in the body mass index in both men and women was higher level of physical activity, lower prevalence of overweight and obesity, the classification of the waist-hip index in relation to the level of physical activity identifies that gynoid predominates in women and has a tendency to increase in proportion to higher level of physical activity. DA - 2018-12-05 KW - Actividad física KW - Physical activity KW - Sedentarismo KW - Sedentary lifestyle KW - Sobrepeso KW - Overweight KW - Obesidad KW - Obesity KW - Salud KW - Health PB - Cúcuta, Universidad de Santander, 2018 UR - https://repositorio.udes.edu.co/handle/001/4901 ER -