Influencia de las prácticas alimentarias en el desarrollo psicomotor de los preescolares atendidos en el Centro de Salud Carigan Cisol

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this research work was to know if eating practices directly influence the psychomotor development of boys and girls from zero to three years of age at the "Carigan-Cisol" Health Center in 2018. The research work was quantitative, transversal and analytical. To collect the information, a previously validated survey was applied to the mothers of the children; and the Denver test for their psychomotor development. In the present investigation it was determined that the majority of preschoolers with normal psychomotor development (88.3%) had adequate eating practices, while preschoolers with abnormal psychomotor development (11.7%) presented inadequate eating practices of according to the norms of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador. It was observed that when performing the Chi-square statistical test the relationship between the variables at all ages was strong and significant, accepting the hypotheses raised.