bachelorThesis
Estado nutricional de los niños y niñas de los centros de desarrollo infantil del Instituto del Niño y la Familia (INFA) del área urbana del cantón Paute, 2013
Fecha
2013Autor
Díaz Barrera, Mercedes Marlene
Institución
Resumen
Objective: The present study pretends to determine the nutritional status of children the Child Development Center of the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion in the urban area of Paute.
Method and Materials: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study worked with a finite universe, consisting of 320 children attending in the child development centers in the months of April, May and June of 2013, his parents expressed their desire to participate in research, signing the informed consent. As techniques are used direct observation and application of parent surveys as instruments, we used a form prepared by the author; the data were processed and analyzed in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and SPSS.
Results: The relationship weight/age, 133 are a normal weight 56 underweight, 28 at risk of overweight and 2 overweight for age.
The age/size, 105 children as relative to a normal size, 125 are high-class and 85 have low height for age.
The age/BMI ratio, 31 children as having a BMI less than 14 considered underweight, 237 children as have a BMI between 14 and 17 having them with a normal nutritional status and 52 with a BMI of 17 identified risk overweight.
Conclusion: It is clear that poverty, family instability, lack of knowledge and education of the mother, affecting the normal growth and development of children.
DeCS: MESH, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CHILDREN NUTRITION, FOOD AND NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION; NUTRITION FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; FACTORS SOCIOEONÓMICOS, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, POVERTY.
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