Evaluación nutricional de niños que asisten a círculos infantiles municipio Las Tunas / Nutritional Appraisal of the Children Attending day Care Centres Las Tunas Municipality

RESUMEN

El arte de la nutrición data desde tiempos remotos y es considerada como una ciencia desde hace siglos. Su crecimiento y desarrollo son índices de salud y bienestar de la población. Se realizó un estudio del estado nutricional de los niños que asisten a círculos infantiles del municipio Las Tunas. La muestra fue integrada por 760 niños de siete círculos infantiles, de ellos 401 del sexo masculino y 359 del sexo femenino. Luego de realizar una revisión sobre el tema, se procedió al análisis estadístico de los resultados. Se concluyó, que la mayoría de los niños se encuentran en los percentiles 10 y 90 en las variables estudiadas peso/edad y talla/edad, además, se comprobó que existe un número creciente de niños que evolucionan sobre el percentil 90(AU)

ABSTRACT

The art of nourishment dates back from ancient times, but nourishment as a constituted science exists only a few centuries ago. It was during the Renaissance that a proper description of malnutrition was done. Growth and development are considered sensible indexes of health and nourishment of the population. Many adversities, lack of food , privation, ignorance, accidents influence on what today is called nutritional state. A descriptive study was carried out in order to know the nutritional state of the children attending day care centres in Las Tunas municipality. The sample included 760 children from 7 day care centres. The children were divided first according to their age, from one to five years of age, and also according to their gender. The childrens height was measured in centimetres and the weight in kilograms. 401 children were male and 359 were female. After carrying out a revision on the theme, the statistical analysis of the results was done. It is concluded that most of the children are within the percentiles 10 and 90 in all the variables studied weight /age and height /age. Besides it was proved that there is a growing number of children that go over the percentile of 90, that is, from overweight to obese(AU)