Guía nutricional para lograr un equilibrio energético en estudiantes de bachillerato y mejorar su rendimiento físico

Abstract

The energy balance is the relationship that exists between the energies that are consumed and the energy expenditure that a person has. For this process to take place, it is necessary for young people to consume food with the necessary nutrients that allow them to have an adequate balance, a healthy life, they can perform different physical activities and their performance is optimal. That is, the calories you consume can be eliminated through exercise, walks, runs, or playing sports. The present essay whose general objective is: to design a nutritional guide to achieve energy balance in high school students and improve their physical performance. As specific objectives: Establish the relationship between energy balance and nutrition to maintain a healthy life. Determine the factors that affect energy balance. Compare the physical performance of students from a culture of eating habits. Propose the nutritional guide for maintaining an energy balance. The research carried out is bibliographical and descriptive because it makes a description of the reality of young people with regard to their diet to have a correct energy balance; For this reason, it is qualitative, it applies the interview in order to know what foods the students consume and if what they consume allows them to maintain an energy balance for their physical performance. Therefore, a nutritional guide was designed that serves as a reference to maintain a balanced diet, which will help students take into account what they should have for breakfast, lunch and a snack, in a balanced way.