Factores asociados a la desnutrición en preescolares

Abstract

Child malnutrition is a public health problem that has persisted over time, where inadequate nutrition can cause learning, physical and mental problems during the child's development. During the preschool stage they present important changes in growth and development, which is why the adequate consumption of essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids is of great importance to avoid malnutrition in the child population, it is also important the style of lifetime. The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with malnutrition in preschool children of the El Palmar Campus of the Cotopaxi Province. For this, a quantitative study was applied, the types of research used are: descriptive, cross-sectional, non-experimental, observational, using the survey addressed to the 30 mothers as the main technique and a nutritional record of the child. The results of the malnutrition factors are: By grouping the social, cultural and environmental factors, it can be identified that 30% have a Bad level; while 33.3% are at a regular level, and 36.7% are at a good level. According to the child's nutritional status assessment sheet, it was determined that 30% have global malnutrition; meanwhile, 50% have acute malnutrition, and 20% have chronic malnutrition. Concluding that the main factors associated with malnutrition in preschoolers were: social, environmental, and cultural factors.