Valoración del bajo peso, sobrepeso y obesidad en los niños de la Escuela Físcal Andrés F. Córdova

Abstract

In this investigation the nurse was a part important of the equipment of health to evaluate and to promote the process of growth and development of the nutritional state of the children. METHODOLOGY: This study was of cross-sectional descriptive type, that allowed to determine the prevalence of the problems of malnutrition in niños/as of the fiscal school Andres F. Cordoba of the corner River basin, to be able to take part in a later stage envelope they, promoting actions that help to the nutrition and feeding adapted for their growth and development. The universe was constituted by the scholastic children matriculados/as in 2009 - 2010 of 2do to 7mo of basic of the School Andres F. Cordoba. The sample formulates in agreement with it was of 57 niños/as taken from 2do to 7mo from basic of the School Andres F. Cordoba of a total of 132 niños/as. Techniques and instruments: The techniques that were applied in this investigation were: the interview, surveys on socioeconomic situation to the parents of family of niños/as investigated; control of the anthropometric measures of weight and charts, through the instruments: balance and tallímetro in addition were used the tables of index of corporal mass, growth curves. The processing and analysis of the information were realized by means of the use of it programs of Word and Excel and formulas of Nelson. Summary: In our investigation one obtained that 32 niños/as investigated are with low weight, 17 students are with the normal weight and 8 students are with overweight. Conclusions: With the collected data of the investigation the nutritional state of niños/as and with them was determined to provide a solution to the detected problems.