Relación del estado nutricional y rendimiento académico en niños y niñas de la Escuela Fiscal Mixta Veinte de Enero del cantón Santa Isabel de la provincia del Azuay.

Abstract

This research was carried out to a study of non-experimental design, transversal kind to assess the relationship of Nutritional Status and Academic performance in children at Fiscal Primary School “Veinte de Enero”, Santa Isabel city, Azuay province. The population research was to 266, it concludes with 222 children, for data collection was applied to an inquiry, it drew up a database in Excel and analyzed with Anthro Plus and statistical program JMP 5.1 The results were: 59% were male and 41% female. Nutritional Status according to size// age are within normal 90%, 9% malnourished and 0.9% tall stature for age. The IMC//E was performed with 154 children with 87% normal, 7.7% to slimness, 3,8% overweight and 1,2% are obese. Academic performance Very Good 50%, 29.73% Good, 11.26% Fair well, 4.95% Poor and 4.05% Excellent. The relationship between nutritional status and academic performance 154 children there are 5.84% chance finding children with normal nutritional status excellent against 0% of children with acute and chronic malnutrition, overweight, obesity, stunting and nutritional status cleared. Finally, the training must be consistent to parents, teacher and children about proper nutrition at school age.