The quality of nutrition in children, young people and adults in the Guayaquil area

Abstract

The project on the quality of the diet and its relation to the nutritional health of children, young people and adults of the Tecnológico Superior Universitario Espíritu Santo, was supported from the social, economic and legal point of view; it will respond to the contributions in the theoretical order related to nutrition and dietetics, sustainable healthy eating and integral wellbeing. The purpose of the research is to create knowledge about the nutritional status of young people aged 17 years and older. The research process on the quality of nutrition in children, youth and adults in the area of Guayaquil is established through a qualitative approach of a documentary nature, the techniques and instruments used are focused on the collection and selection of information through the reading of documents, books and scientific journals. The findings underline the urgent need to raise quality standards in school feeding programmes, improve the dissemination of nutritional information and address the growing problem of overweight in the adult and youth population.