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Revista de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0124-0064
Abstract
BADILLO-MELENDEZ, Ricardo A.; RANGEL-CABALLERO, Luis G.; MARTINEZ-RUEDA, Rosmary and ESPINOZA-GUTIERREZ, Roberto. Prevalence of metabolic risk factors in Latin American college students: A systematic review. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.3, pp.1-. Epub Sep 03, 2021. ISSN 0124-0064. https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v23n3.86164.
Objective
To describe the prevalence of metabolic risk factors in Latin American university students through a systematic review.
Methodology
A systematic review of articles was carried out in electronic databases SciELO, PubMed and Google Scholar. Search included references, published from 2006 in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, that described the prevalence of risk factors in Latin American college population.
Results
245 references were retrieved, of which 60 were selected for analysis. University students in Latin America showed a prevalence of metabolic risk factors that, in some cases, was like that of the population average.
Conclusions
The university community and Latin American governments must propose strategies to promote healthy lifestyles aimed at reducing the acquisition of risky behaviours during university life.
Keywords : Overweight; obesity; hypercholesterolemia; hyperglycemia; hypertension; Latin America (source: MeSH, NLM).
