EVALUACIÓN DEL ESTADO NUTRICIONAL DE NIÑOS DE 2 AÑOS EN UN CENTRO DE ATENCIÓN PRIM BALSAPAMBA (BOLÍVAR), 2017

Abstract

The present research study analyzed the subject of nutritional status: The evaluation and interpretation of its indicators; and malnutrition in the pediatric population: its classification, effects and statistics worldwide, in Latin America and Ecuador. The general objective of this work was "To evaluate the nutritional status of children under two years of age in a primary care center of the Balsapamba parish, province of Bolívar, during the year 2017"; and as specific objectives to determine the incidence and identify the relationships between its variables. The study was a descriptive longitudinal retrospective quantitative approach that was carried out through the review of clinical records and digital information of the assessment of the nutritional status of 105 children including anthropometric indicators and nutritional assessments. Two variables were taken, the first and last annual control; To this end, the following instruments were used: Patterns of Child Growth of the World Health Organization (WHO), Microsoft Excel software for the preparation of tables and tabulation of data; and later, the SPSS25 program was used to analyze the information. As a result of the nutritional status of the children, 69% were satisfied with an adequate nutritional status, 31% of the studied population presented a type of malnutrition among chronic malnutrition, overweight and obesity.