Estrategia de prevención comunitaria de enfermedades de obesidad fundamentada en el resultado de la evaluación del consumo de fórmula infantil complementaria

Abstract

Introduction: Childhood obesity is a growing global health problem, despite the increasing rates even in developed countries, there is still no clear treatment strategy. Social barriers are often obstacles to early diagnosis and referral for treatment, parents often do not recognize the problem until it is advanced so it is important to identify and treat children with obesity as early as possible, as well as than to identify comorbid conditions. Objective: To propose a community intervention strategy, with the purpose of creating strategic measures to avoid childhood obesity, to inform the community, especially mothers with children under 2 years of age, the importance of adequate nutrition to avoid childhood obesity. Methodology: The research was descriptive with a quantitative approach and an explanatory level, a theoretical systematization was carried out on infant nutrition based on the evaluation of the consumption of complementary infant formula, and public policies, recommendations and actions related to the nutrition and health, related to good practices of good living. Results: The exclusive feeding of breast milk (70.6%), with an average duration of 3.9 months, I started the complementary feeding of 5.2 months and the start of the complementary feeding with industrialized formulas (28.4%) followed by vegetables (27.1%) and of certain that an exclusive breastfeeding time of less than 3 months is obese almost 4 times more than children with normal weight, statistical methods were used to determine according to BMI with the time of exclusive breastfeeding and it was observed that consumption was 2 months less in those who were obese so it is imperative that health care providers identify children who are overweight and obese in order to provide counseling and treatment. The most effective prevention strategies are those that are associated with several components, and in order to be more effective they must incorporate the family and start at an early age. 10

. Conclusions: Effective interventions aimed at preventing overweight and obesity in infants Include promotion of breastfeeding, monitoring of infant growth, promotion of ideal complementary food intake, through nutritional counseling with a responsive food intake approach, provided in various settings such as the health center, activities contemplated in the designed community prevention strategy.