Caracterización de la mal nutrición en niños de una escuela pública de Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: Childhood nutrition disorder represents an important public health cha- llenge worldwide. Malnutrition refers to a state in which there is an imbalance between nutrient intake and the body’s needs, whether due to deficiency or excess. Objectives: The objective of this study is to identify nutrition disorders, whether due to overnutrition or hyponutrition through the body mass index (BMI) in basic cycle students of a public school in Ciudad del Este in the year 2023. Materials and Methods: This is a quantitati- ve, cross-sectional, descriptive study. A calibrated scale was used to measure the weight of the children and a tape measure was used to measure the height of all children from preschool to seventh grade from the age of 5 years. Results: The sample consisted of 43 students over 5 years old. Obesity or overweight constituted 2/5 of the total, with mal- nutrition being less common. Conclusion: In the present study, the sample was almost entirely represented by the male sex, almost 50% of the students had a nutritional status outside the normal parameters according to BMI from the WHO reference table. Among the most frequent parameters, two fifths correspond to overweight or obesity.
Language: Spanish
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4400197751