Valoración de bajo peso, sobrepeso y obesidad de los niños de la Escuela Fiscal Mixta Benjamín Ramírez, Cantón Cuenca 2010-2011

Abstract

Valuation of low weight, overweight and obesity of niños/as of the Fiscal School Mixed “Youngest child Ramirez”, of the corner river basin 2010

Objective To determine the prevalence of the nutritional problems of children of him Fiscal School Mixed “Benjamín Ramírez” of the Cantón Cuenca.

Method and Materials The type of applied study was descriptive of prevalence of the low weight, overweight and obesity in children of the school. The universe was constituted by 351 children that belongs to the fiscal school “Youngest child Ramirez” I am realized the calculation obtaining a sample of 78 children and children.

The used techniques went the interview to the parents of family of the students by means of the application of a form with their previous consent, in which were identity data of the boy or girl, data of economic entrance, labor activity, educative level of the parents, type of feeding of the family, access to the basic services, conditions of house, accesses to service of health.

I carry out the control of weight and charts, soon for its analysis I am used the curves of the NCHS, calculation the Index of corporal mass formulates being applied it: weight in kg/displayed (cm2), table of Cronk you formulate, them of Nelson.

Results The 24,32% of children presented/displayed undernourishment, 31,08% low weight, the 35,14% normal peso, the 4,06% overweight and the 5,40% obesity in relation to weight according to their age. The 31,08% children charts low, the 59,46% chart normal, and the 9,46% with high stature. Conclusion The found nutritional problems have to do with the low economic entrance of the family parents who do not allow an accessibility to the basic needs, altering nutritional habits and repelling in the growth and development of the student.