Estado nutricional y su relacuión con el consumode alimentos de los niños/niñas del Centro Educativo Comunitario Rumiñahui de la comunidad de Quilloac. Cañar, 2014

Abstract

Objective: to determine the nutritional status and its relationship with food consumption of children 3 to 12 years, of the community education center Rumiñahui Quilloac Cañar 2014. Material and methods: this research is descriptive, We worked with a finite universe comprised 159 children aged 3 to 12 years of CEC Rumiñahui, the techniques used were observation and interview and as an instrument an application form developed and validated by the authors. The data were processed and analyzed using statistical software SPSS and Excel. To ensure the ethical aspects of research was applied consent informing the representatives of children. The data are represented in tables with their respective descriptive analysis. Results: the 38, 10% of children aged 6 to 9 with a weight of 15 – 30 kg. which is within the normal parameters, a 38,09% of 6 – 9 years have a size of 100 to 130cm. which are within the normal; the 38,08% of 6 – 9 years have a normal IMC ranging from 15 to 21, a 70,75% of 3 – 12 years have a normal nutritional status and 29,24% ingest food 4 times a day. The 37,67% of children 6 to 12 years the 19,48% consume of 1500 to 2000 calories being their caloric needs of 1828,30 to 2340 and 31,42% of girls aged 3 to 9 years, the 20% consume 1500 – 2000 calories in 24 hours being their caloric needs of 1330 to 1697,8 indicating a normal calorie intake of children. Conclusions: there is a direct relationship between food consumption and nutritional status of children in the school community Rumiñahui, confirming existing knowledge in their parents or representatives about healthy nutrition.