Neuroscience Of Psychoactive Substance Use And Dependence

Senor Editor. Las bebidas energeticas, se define como la bebida no alcoholica que contiene cafeina (por lo general su ingrediente principal), taurina, vitaminas, y algunas veces una combinacion de otros ingredientes (tales como guarana y ginseng, entre otros), comercializado por sus beneficios percibidos o reales como un estimulante, para mejorar el rendimiento y aumentar la energia(1); sin embargo la mayoria de sus jovenes consumidores desconocen los efectos adversos.

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Consumo de bebidas energéticas: ¿conoce la población universitaria sus efectos adversos?

The prevalence of obesity, cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome, grows alarmingly and causes deterioration in the quality of life of the adult population, therefore, it is important to detect and intervene early on these risk factors. The objective is to evaluate the nutritional status and cardiovascular risk in university administrative staff, for this, a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out, with anthropometric evaluation and fasting blood glucose, performed in 257 administrative workers during the cycle 2-2015. Interviews were carried out with a check-in sheet, prior signature of informed consent the PAHO cardiovascular risk calculator was used, capillary glycemia was taken for people over 40 years of age and the risk of metabolic syndrome was calculated according to the criteria of the Latin American Diabetes Association. The data was processed in the SPSS program version 22 for Windows. Mild obesity was obtained in 26.1%, average obesity 3.9% and morbid obesity 1.6%. Cardiovascular risk factor increased by 41.6%, moderate risk 26%, severe and very severe risk by 5.5%. The majority of the administrative staff of the Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado does not perform daily physical activity, they are overweight or obese, predominantly male, and more than half of the people over 40 have capillary glycemia ≥ 100 mg / dl. almost 10% meet criteria for metabolic syndrome. All participants received information on nutritional and cardiovascular risk and referred 188 participants to the institutional clinic.CREA CIENCIA Vol. 11 No 1-2 ISSN 1818-202X enero-diciembre 2017, p. 14-22

Estado nutricional y riesgo cardiovascular en personal administrativo de la Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado

1 Doctor en Medicina, Master en Salud Publica. Docente del Departamento de Salud Publica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud “Dr. Luis Edmundo Vasquez”, Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado. jamaravillaa@ujmd.edu.sv

 2 Doctora en Medicina, Master en Gerontologia. Master en Investigacion. Vicedecana de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador. yomara.lucero@uees.edu.sv
 
3 Doctor en Medicina, Master en Salud Publica, Master en Docencia Universitaria. Hospital Militar. dr.cisneross@gmail.com 

4 Doctor en Medicina, Master en Salud Publica. Decano de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador. douglas.barrera@uees.edu.sv

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José Adán Maravilla

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