Patrón alimentario y estado nutricional de niños trabajadores del área rural del cantón Cuenca, durante el 2014

Abstract

The objective was to determine the nutritional status, dietary patterns and socioeconomic conditions of school children on condition of child labor in the rural area of ​​the canton Cuenca. For which a prospective and descriptive study of transversal and quantitative design approach was made. In each sample element (n = 60) was determined: weight, height and body mass index; being obtained show that 65% of schoolchildren presented normal weight for age, 61.67% have size not age-appropriate; corresponding to 33.33% at the risk of low height for age and 23.33% at low height for age. Finally, 60% of schoolchildren have normal body mass index, followed by a 23.33% overweight. Finally it was concluded that 60% of individuals tested were within normal ranges, however the finding of obesity and overweight are related to a normal weight with low height for age, which is probably associated with economic deficiencies, condition child labor, rural location and ethnicity, as normal variants of growth.