Lifestyle of family members and students of the Instituto Superior Tecnológico Adventista del Ecuador, Santo Domingo, 2024.

The study was conducted with the aim of determining the level of lifestyle of the families and students of the Adventist Technological Institute of Ecuador, Santo Domingo, using the FANTASTIC TEST. The methodology used focused on determining the attitudes and practices regarding the lifestyle of students and their families. To do this, data was collected through surveys, the most relevant results revealed that most students and their families maintain healthy habits in terms of diet and physical activity, which suggests a solid basis for promoting health and well-being in the educational community. Regarding sociodemographic data, the majority of respondents are women, predominantly between 18-24 years and 35-44 years. Higher education is common among the participants and the Catholic religion is the most represented, in addition, the majority of respondents are at a medium socioeconomic level and consider their health status as good. In the results regarding lifestyle, it is highlighted that 32% consider it good and 59% catalog it as regular. However, 33.3% never attend social groups, 26.36% never check their weight, and 18% never attend medical appointments. In addition, 13% always feel tense or stressed, 8% feel upset or angry for no reason, and 7% always feel depressed or sad.