Sobrepeso en niños menores de 10 años en relación al destete temprano, cantón la Mana provincia de Cotopaxi 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: Child overweight is considered a noncommunicable disease and is among the most alarming public health problems in recent years, because this affects the health and quality of life of children. Objective: determine if early weaning is related to overweight. Material and method: Prevalence or Cross-sectional study. 343 boys and girls enrolled in the fiscal schools of Canton La Mana were used for the study. Results: The relationship between the variances and means through the ANOVA between the two variables used BMI and early weaning obtaining a level of significance with a value of p = 0.006, that is to say that the relationship between the means of the measured population and the Body mass index is statistically existent. Conclusion: close relationship between early weaning and overweight, due to the culture of the population and misinformation about exclusive breastfeeding, the predisposing factor of overweight was the introduction of complementary feeding before six months of age, in addition to eating behaviors inherited from parents to children.