Estilo parental y estado nutricional en niños de 5 a 10 años de la Escuela Héctor Sempértegui, Cuenca. 2019

Abstract

Background: The different parental styles that parents adopt when raising a child may have influences that are reflected in the excess or deficit of the nutritional status of children. Objective: To determine the parenting style and nutritional status in children from 5 to 10 years of school "Héctor Sempertegui", Cuenca. 2019 Materials and Methods: Descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional study, worked with a sample of 117 children aged 5 to 10 who were in the care of their parents. For the collection of the information, the PEF A2 Parenting Styles Questionnaire validated in other investigations was applied, for the weight and height anthropometry a registration list was used, the nutritional status was determined according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The analysis was performed with the SPSS version 22 program, the results are presented in frequency tables and percentages. Results: Children with normal nutritional status have parents with a balanced parenting style at 61.5%, overweight with 26.7% have parents with authoritarian style, obesity with 13.3% have parents with authoritarian parenting style, thinness have parents with permissive parenting style with 29.2%, in severe thinness they present parents with parenting style permission with 16.7%. Conclusion: In the following investigation, all the stated objectives were met, which are disclosed in the study.