Hábitos alimentarios y su relación con el estado nutricional de los niños en edad preescolar que asisten a la Unidad Educativa “Vicente Rocafuerte” del cantón el Triunfo - Guayas en el periodo de octubre – febrero del 2018.

Abstract

Introduction and objectives: To determine if there is a relationship between dietary habits and the presence of more frequent alimentary diseases of children with preschool nutritional status attending the Educational Unit "Vicente Rocafuerte" of El Triunfo - Guayas Canton. This study has a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional approach with a correlational scope in which 64 children between 3-6 years of age, were subjected to a nutritional assessment that included anthropometric indicators, the technique was the minor's interview and survey of his representative on the food frequency to know the consumption of them, necessarily using statistical tools for their analysis. Results: The analysis of the indicators for the nutritional status shows that 79% of the children have an appropriate weight and height for their age, that 14% are overweight and obese according to BMI / E and 4% present malnutrition or risk of low weight according to P/E and T/E, which concludes that the majority of the population are in normal range, according to the tables of the World Health Organization, in the results of eating habits most children comply with recommended, likewise the diseases associated with feeding are scarce in infants; On the other hand, in the food frequency it was observed that the industrialized and processed products are being consumed in high quantities, causing a risk of malnutrition in the child.