Análisis del hábito de hidratación y su conocimiento en una muestra escolares de 10-12 años en la provincia de Badajoz (España).

Abstract

Background: The current habits of life begin to distance themselves more and more from those that allow maintaining a healthy lifestyle, highlighting among them that of hydration. More and more are people who do not hydrate properly, due to the diversity of refreshing drinks and the lack of knowledge that has the population about its importance. This fact stands out of the child population, mainly because of how they work content in schools. Therefore, this work is a research on the habit of hydration in children from two schools in the province of Badajoz, as well as make a research on the knowledge that possess about their importance in the human body. Methods: The design study was transversal observational. We conducted a validating questionnaire to check the level of consumption and knowledge that have a total of 168 school divided into two centers of the region of Badajoz. Results: More than half of the students (52.98%) fail the recommendations of daily water consumption; however, they get better with milk and natural juices. The high consumption of soft drinks also stands out, since around half (48.21%) consume it above the recommendations. On the other hand, just much less than half of them (24.40%) know the importance of hydration. Also there are statistical differences (p < 0.05) between sex and location of the region with respect to the water ingest. Conclusions: The results make clear that the participants do not possess a really correct hydration or a high knowledge on this subject. In addition, there are differences between sexes and places of residence in certain sections. So it s suggest that this subject be incorporated into the school health education.