Valoración del bajo peso, sobrepeso y obesidad en los niños de la escuela Tomas Rendón de la parroquia El Valle. Cuenca 2010 - 2011

Abstract

The objective of the investigation was to determine the prevalence of the low weight, overweight and obesity in the children of the School Tomas Rendón of the cantón Cuenca.- Material and method: One is a study of cross section that allowed to determine the prevalence of the bad nutrition in children of the School Tomas Rendón of the cantón Cuenca.- The universe was constituted by 600 children registered in the school year of the 2010-2011. The sample in agreement with the applied formula was of 86 children, between the Second Seventh Basic year of Education.- Techniques and instruments: The techniques of the used investigation and instrument were: • The interview that was realized the parents of family of the investigated children. • The technique of measurement and anthropometric control. The instruments that were used are: • The tables of Index of Corporal Mass (IMC) .- The curves of growth NCHS • Form of surveys on the socioeconomic condition. The data were processed and analyzed by means of Microsoft Office, Word and Excel. The results demonstrate that the 2,32% of children present/display low weight, the 3,48% of the children have overweight and the 94,18% correspond to children with normal weight.- The work of investigation concludes that, in children investigated the found nutritional problems are related to the socio-economic conditions, nutritional styles of life, habits and level of access to the nutrients, being the majority of the children with normal nutritional state, and stable socio-economic conditions.AU