Factores relacionados con la desnutrición infantil en pre-escolares de la parroquia de Santa Rosa provincia de Santa Elena. Estudio basado en la desviación positiva, 2021

Abstract

Currently, child malnutrition has become a public health problem. This occurs at different frequencies, but is present worldwide. According to the WHO, there are 155 million children with malnutrition around the world, and they are under five years of age. It evidences a delay in their growth. On the other hand, UNICEF mentions that seven thousand children die from malnutrition annually. This is how the development of this research work took place. Its main objective was to development of child malnutrition in preschoolers of the province of Santa Elena in 2021. For this, it was necessary to apply a non-experimental methodology of cross-sectional design, which allowed the collection of real information from the study population that was made up of preschool children from the province of Santa Elena. They met the inclusion criteria, and was collected through the application of the survey technique that included an instrument of 15 closed questions. This way, the results focus on the sociodemographic, socioeconomic and nutritional data of the infants. AS a conclusion, it can be said that that the infants under study do not present conditions of malnutrition for the most part. The influence of the BMI as well as its influence of age over weight is also normal; however, the influence of height on age It is low, but this is true for the majority of the population.