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ALONZO PICO, Olga Mireya; CHIPU CUASQUER, Deisy Yomaira  y  CHICANGO ALONZO, Karla Vanessa. Eating disorders in adolescents aged 15-16 years old in the school of the Provincial Council of Carchi Tulcan 2020. Dilemas contemp. educ. política valores [online]. 2021, vol.8, n.spe3, 00049.  Epub 30-Ago-2021. ISSN 2007-7890.  https://doi.org/10.46377/dilemas.v8i.2730.

The present study was carried out in the province of Carchi, Tulcán canton, where the high prevalence of adolescents with some type of eating disorder (ED) was evidenced. The objective was to prevent eating disorders in adolescents aged 15 to 16 years of the Provincial Council College. Results are presented that 76% indicated that they had sporadic knowledge of eating disorders, and 100% stated that there have been no campaigns related to good nutrition in adolescence. A diagnosis led to the identification of the problem, the respective analysis of the results, as well as the implementation of educational strategies to improve the prevention of these diseases that constitute a latent problem.

Palabras llave : Eating disorders; risk factors; educational strategies.

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