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    Valoración del estado nutricional en preescolares mediante el uso de la cinta MUAC y curvas de crecimiento OMS. Escuela de Educación Básica Víctor Manuel Albornoz Cabanilla, Cuenca-Ecuador, año lectivo 2024-2025
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2025-03-12) Machuca Chabla, Paola Doménica; Cuenca Gavilanes, Katherine Micaela; Jaramillo Monge, Julio César
    Background: The nutritional assessment of the preschool child population is essential for their correct physical and cognitive development. In Ecuador, although there are common anthropometry techniques and updated instruments such as the MUAC tape, there is no updated application of these same in preschools and locally. Objective: To determine the nutritional status in preschoolers through the use of the MUAC tape and WHO growth curves at the Víctor Manuel Albornoz Cabanilla Basic Education School, Cuenca-Ecuador, School year 2024-2025. Methodology: This observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study recorded weight, height, and mean arm circumference of 123 boys and girls between 2 and 6 years of age, on growth curves standardized by the WHO and the MUAC tape, after applying bioethical instruments: consent and informed assent; measurement: SECA brand stadiometer and scale, MUAC Z-score tape and statistical tables in Excel 2019 and SPSS 26. Results: The age of 4 years predominated and 52.0% were male. They were found in: Weight/Age: 1.62% severe low, 6,50 % low, 1.62% risk of overweight, 0.81% overweight; Height/Age: 12,19% low; 0.81% severely low; Weight/Height: 8,13% moderate acute malnutrition; 5.69% risk of overweight; 0.81% overweight; BMI/Age: 0,81% emaciation; 6.50% risk of overweight, 0.81%obesity; CMB/Age: 5.69% mild malnutrition, 44.71% mild overnutrition and 0.81% moderate. Conclusion: Less than half of students have an altered nutritional status, however these are figures that generate alarm and require attention to avoid complications.