Conocimiento de las madres sobre alimentación complementaria en lactantes de 6 a 24 meses en un Centro de Salud Daule año 2021.

Abstract

Complementary feeding is to provide energy and nutrients necessary for growth and development without weaning the child, create correct eating habits, stimulate psycho-emotional and sensory development, and integrate it into the family diet, so knowing how to do it is essential. ; The purpose of this research was to determine the level of knowledge of mothers about complementary feeding in infants from 6 to 24 months of age, Methodology: descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional Universe 53 mothers, Survey technique, Questionnaire instrument with 23 questions, Survey results were obtained; of 100% (53) mothers whose age range is from 14 to 20 years (45%) their main origin is from the coast (62%) the degree of secondary education (62%), their cohabiting marital status (53%) , housewife occupation, start feeding their infants at 6 months (81%), knowledge of complementary feeding is Regular (53%), characteristics of Regular feeding (51%), poor nutritional content (42 %), food hygiene very good (72%) In Conclusion, mothers of infants have poor knowledge in relation to nutritional content; since they did not know the foods that provide the most energy, those that should be avoided due to the allergic potential and those that decrease the absorption of iron, which leads to children presenting anemia, low weight, leading to a delay in their growth and development due to a malnutrition.