Patrón alimentario y estado nutricional de niños trabajadores del área rural del cantón El Guabo, durante agosto a diciembre de 2015

Abstract

Abstract:The objective was to establish the relationship between the socio-economic conditions, food pattern and nutritional status of working children of school age in the rural area of ​​the El Guabo canton, conducting a descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study of data. From the total sample (n = 62), weight and height were obtained with which their body mass index was established, thus determining that 53.2% have a normal BMI followed by 38.7% at risk overweight and 8.1% who are overweight, also including their eating pattern, showing a majority frequency of 2 to 3 times per week in all food groups. It is concluded that schoolchildren at risk of overweight and overweight, are associated with poor economic conditions that somehow oblige the school to perform some work activity, being also influential the lack of adequate food education and other factors such as residence in the area rural and lack of access to other types of food necessary for its development.