VALORACIÓN DE LOS NIVELES DE HEMOGLOBINA EN NIÑOS ESCOLARES DE 6 A 8 AÑOS DE EDAD DE LA ESCUELA “NAHIM ISAÍAS” DE LA CIUDAD DE QUITO Y PROPUESTA DE MENÚS NUTRICIONALES

Abstract

Ecuador is considered a country still developing, is presumed to be present in your child population, low levels of hemoglobin, namely presence of anemia for iron deficiency. This study investigates in a school located in Quito Carapungo sector, with children between 6-8 years old, for it anthropometric measures such as height and weight was taken to calculate BMI and hemoglobin was determined in each, also a socio-economic survey was carried out, which concluded after analyzing results, the sample designed for this study, 4.3% of cases with low BMI and 27.6% higher, leading to low weights or overweights thinking and in the case of hemoglobin, are very few cases that have low levels, corresponding to 6.6%, which suggests low weights or overweights and for hemoglobin, there are very few cases with low levels.