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Correo Científico Médico 2020; 24 (1)

Variation of body mass index in medical students at a university in Lambayeque during the last three years of their career

Escalante CAN, Villanueva TFN, Méndez RCL, Villalobos VF, Iglesias OS, Monsalve-Mera AE

Language: Spanish
References: 17
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: several studies on weight variation in university students have shown a remarkable weight increase over the course of their career.
Objective: to determine the variation of body mass index in students from a humane medical school during the last three years of their career at a university in northern Perú.
Methods: retrospective study of medical records from years 2011, 2012 and 2013, that belonged to students from the Escuela de Medicina Humana, at the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo.
Results: the average body mass index variation per year was 0.43 kg/m². The variation of the global average weight in the three years was 2.15 kg, being 2.16 kg and 3.34 kg, in women and men, respectively.
Conclusions: there was an increase in the body mass index, most often in men.


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