Hábitos alimentarios y estado nutricional de los niños y niñas en edad de 4 a 7 años de la Unidad Educativa Matilde Hidalgo de Procel de la ciudad de Loja durante el período de Octubre del 2017 a Junio del 2018.

Abstract

To determine the nutritional status was used to take anthropometric measures determining the weight, size and body mass index, where it was identified that 63.64% of schoolchildren has a indicie of normal body mass, followed by 11.69% with Obesity and 10.39% overweight.

It is important to consider that good eating habits and proper nutrition is the fundamental pillar for the normal functioning of the organism, even more so in childhood which requires an adequate nutritional status for its complete development. The main objective was to identify the eating habits and nutritional status of children aged 4 to 7 years of the educational unit Matilde Hidalgo de procal of the city of Loja. For which a descriptive study of cross section and quantitative design was carried out. The data from the food Habits survey found that although parents had adequate knowledge of good nutrition, they did not have healthy eating habits.