Valoración del bajo peso, sobrepeso y obesidad en los estudiantes del Colegio Nacional Manuel Córdova Galarza del cantón Cuenca 2010-2011

Abstract

A good state nutritional help to the good physical development and intellectual and it contributes to assure a long and healthy life, The purpose of this work was to evaluate the nutritional state and the socioeconomic factors of the students of basic education of the school Manuel Córdova Galarza of the City of Cuenca, With the objectives of: 1) to determine the first floor weight, on weight and obesity in the students of the College Manuel Córdova Galarza 2) to value the nutritional state of the students of the College Manuel Córdova Galarza 3) to relate the socioeconomic conditions of the family of the students of the College Manuel Córdova Galarza.

The investigation applied in this study was of quantitative type, with design of charts and statistical graphics, to more than its interpretation, Incorporated with an universe of 376 students with a sample of 79 students, the utilized instruments were scale, metric tape, registration form, forms IMC for the elaboration of charts and statistical squares was used the programs of Microsoft Office Word and Excel.

He/she was carried out taking of having measured antropométricas in the students of the aforementioned College, a survey was Also administered to the parents of the students to gather socioeconomic, cultural data, Using the parameters of IMC was found that the students' masculine sex 9,30%, 5,56% of students of feminine sex was inside in percentiles from 5 to 25 presenting malnutrition; 53,49% of students masculine sex, 72,22% of feminine sex was in the percentiles from 25 to 75 normal nutritional state, 13,95% of students masculine sex, and 19,44% of feminine sex they presented overweight, and l23,26% of students masculine sex, and 2,78% of feminine sex they presented obesity.

Among the most influential socioeconomic factors he/she was the economic entrance of the family it was around 100 to 200 dollars securities that it not even supplies the basic basket, and he/she was also that the educational level of the alone parents reached in its majority to finish the primeria, influencing in a great way in the family economy, it was found that habit of eating among foods of the families is in way balanced in its majority.