Article
Diseño e implementación de un plan nutricional optimizado en un centro de cuidado infantil de la ciudad de Guayaquil
Autor
Abate Morán, Lucy
Coello O., Karín
Resumen
This study aimed to Design and implements an optimized nutritional plan in a Child Care Center located in Guayaquil, which covered 60% of the nutritional and energy requirements of the infants assistants at this center. The first was the selection of a target group for which was calculated the energy expenditure and nutritional requirements.Nutritional plan is designed based on these requirements and then subjected to a linear optimization process by developing a mathematical model to minimize the cost but maintaining the nutritional balance. Next the menus were implemented at the Centre and conducted a comparative analysis of results to verify the economic and nutritional benefits of the new nutrition plan; finally took affective sensory tests to infants to test its acceptability to the new menus in place.