Valoración del estado dietético y antropométrico en niños preescolares del sector rural en San Isidro - Manabí 2021.

Abstract

Preschoolers diagnosed with a type of malnutrition present complications throughout their lives between intellectually and visibly. The present-day research work collected information from 40 children from 2 to 5 years old, enrolled in the CNH (Growing up with our children) and the Child Development Center (CDI), free care programs of the Ecuadorian government; the information obtained was through anthropometric measurements and dietary surveys. We used the Who Anthro software and the WHO indicators 2008; data reflected normal in the following percentages: weight/height (75%), weight/age (77.50%), height/age (85%), BMI/age (70%). In the dietary assessment, the result of the percentages of adequacy according to the 24-hour reminder is: 67.5%, have excess kcal/day; 16.5%, regular and 15% with a deficit. The questionnaire of frequency of daily food consumption shows the population percentage according to the recommendations, they are: 42.5%, consume dairy 2 to 3 times a day; vegetables 2-3 times a day, 25%; cereals and derivatives 0%, animal protein 57.5% one time a day and 30% 2 to 3 times a day; the intake of pastry products, canned foods and soft drinks in preschoolers is 95% occasionally, fried 85% and fast foods 90% occasionally.