Unhealthy lifestyles as risk factors for noncommunicable diseases

Abstract

The accumulated evidence indicates that the most important noncommunicable diseases are caused by a variety of personal and social habits, such as inadequate feeding, excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco, and lack of physical exercises, with no updated information on the prevalence of these risk factors in the province of Guantánamo. A cross-sectional observational study was carried out to determine the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles considered non-communicable disease risk factors in Guantánamo municipality's population aged 15-74 in 2010, which included 1629 people, selected by complex sampling, by clusters And multi-stage. The variables were smoking, alcoholism, eating habits and physical activity. There was a decrease in the prevalence of smoking and increased consumption of alcoholic beverages. The consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables does not reach the current recommendations. The prevalence of population considered systematic physical assets is low.