Valoración de bajo peso, sobrepeso y obesidad en las niñas de la Escuela Uruguay de la parroquia El Vecino del cantón Cuenca 2010-2011

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the low weight, overweight and obesity in young children of fiscal Basic Education of the Corner, by means of the valuation of the weight/age, carves/age, the curves of the NCHS (National for Center Health Statistics) and index of corporal mass (IMC)

MATERIALS AND METHOD: The type of investigation was quantitative like modality to allow to construct to pictures and percentage on the present reality of the nutritional state. Of quantitative type because it constructs stories on the problematic one.

TYPE OF STUDY: He is descriptive of prevalence of the nutritional problems of low weight, overweight and obesity of the scholastic children.

INIVERSO: The universe is formed of 92 children, reason why calculation does not become sample.

INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUE: Interviews to parents of family to collect information, social economic, cultural and health, anthropometric valuation, by means of the taking of weight, charts.

For the analysis it would be used the formulas of Nelson until the children of 12 years, the curves of growth and development NCHS and the tables of cronk.

RESULTS: The investigation reveals the results of nutritional problems as low weight with a 21.74%, normal weight 44,57%, 26,09% overweight and obesity 7,61%

CONCLUSIONS: During the accomplishment of the investigation I am observed that, the Uruguay school at the moment presents/displays nutritional problems like, low weight, overweight and obesity, in the children becoming a problem of public health, this must to factors, socioeconomic, cultural and life styles that are the children. The influence of the family, the school and the mass media, are forms in which the children can foment suitable nutritional habits or on the contrary inadequate for their health.