Estado nutricional en los niños de 1 a 4 años pertenecientes al Centro Infantil Creciendo con Nuestros Hijos ( CNH) “ San Cayetano” de la ciudad de Loja, durante el período julio 2016-mayo 2017

Abstract

The nutritional status is considered to the situation in which a person. is related to the ingestion and the later physiological adaptations. OBJECTIVE: To determine the nutritional status of children from 1 to 4 years of age belonging to the CNH "San Cayetano" in the city of Loja; Using the WHO curves, to detect nutritional problems. METHODOLOGY: A non - Experimental, transversal, study of 60 children from 1 to 4 years of age who from CNH "San Cayetano" in the city of Loja during the period July 2016-May 2017. The analysis of the data was done through Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and SPSS Software. RESULTS: It was evidenced that 68% of the children were eutrophic and there were no associated nutritional alterations. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that the 68% of children are normal for weight / age, height / age, who do not tend to suffer from anemia at all, and that control of the healthy child predisposes to adequate development and growth of Children.