Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza, María Cassola-Cajiao, Emilia Garzón-Ulloa, Daniela Celi-Lalama, Carlos Bastidas-Caldes, Felipe Araya-Quintanilla, Carlos Cristi-Montero, José Francisco López-Gil
INTRODUCTION: Admission to university has been identified as a period involving the adoption of unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. However, few studies have addressed the extent of this experience among Latin American university students. The aim of this study was twofold: first, to describe anthropometric variables, body composition, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep duration and quality, diet, and alcohol consumption in first-year students entering physiotherapy school at the Universidad de las Americas in Quito, Ecuador; second, to test differences in these variables between sexes...
2024: Frontiers in sports and active living