DETERMINACIÓN DE DESNUTRICIÓN Y SOBREPESO-OBESIDAD EN NIÑOS Y NIÑAS DE EDAD ESCOLAR EN LA FUNDACIÓN NUEVO MUNDO DESDE AGOSTO 2015 A JULIO 2016

Abstract

Malnutrition, overweight-obesity is often related with health problems in adulthood and old age; however, many of the bad eating habits start from childhood. The present study sought to know the overall nutritional status of a group of children; for which, 177 children of school age who study in the Fundación Nuevo Mundo were evaluated. The information obtained in this study was the basis for individualized workshops and general education, to raise awareness of parents of the nutritional status of their children, and the importance of proper nutrition, enabling them to apply appropriate measures and develop better eating habits for correction. A survey of the parents of the children was done to identify their dietary habits, and know the perception they have in weight or size (height) of their children compared to other children of the same age; for which they recognized that there were not any differences. Anthropometric measurements (BMI) of students were taken and analyzed the information; the result is that 75.14% of children of school age in the Fundación Nuevo Mundo presented some form of malnutrition. This percentage is divided as follows: 67.80% for undernourishment and 7.34% for overweight-obesity.