Determinación del impacto de una alimentación saludable en el estado nutricional de niños de etapa preescolar y escolar de zonas urbano-marginales de la ciudad de Guayaquil en el período de junio 2022 a febrero 2023.

Abstract

Introduction: The nutritional status can be defined as the result between the balance of the requirements intake and the energy expenditure; involving external factors such as dietary habits. Objectives: Determine the impact of a healthy diet in the nutritional status of preschoolers and scholars from marginal urban areas from Guayaquil City from June of 2022 to February of 2023 Methodology: This study presented a descriptive and longitudinal approach; it was not probabilistic, and it worked with a population of (n=91) Results: the global undernourishment stated by the (weight/age) index was reduced 21%; the chronic undernourishment (height/age) was reduced 15% and the capillary hemoglobin results were improved 16,5% in the whole population of 91 preschoolers and scholars. Conclusion: a healthy diet does affect the nutritional status and the biochemical analytics of preschoolers and scholars. It was evidenced that the anthropometric indicators such as weight/age were improve in the population that was studied, comparing both results from the first and the last sampling.