Desarrollo de la conducta alimentaria y su impacto nutricional en los niños y niñas de 1 a 3 años del Centro de Desarrollo Infantil Integral del Buen Vivir Semillitas de Esperanza de la ciudad de Riobamba 2014.

Abstract

“Development of the food behavior and its nutritional impact in children from 1 to 3 years of the Center of Development Childhood Integral Buen Vivir Semillitas de Esperanza, from the city Riobamba, 2014”. It has as aim to determine the Food Behavior and its Nutritional Impact in children from 1 to 3 years belonging to the CIBV Semillitas de Esperanza , by means of a transversal design non experimental, in a universe of 40 children with a duration of 6 months, roughly. The information was obtained through a survey; the collected data were registered to the computer program: JPM 5.1, for the statistical analysis of the variables. According to the outcomes some vegetables are nasty because of their color or flavor such as the beetroot in a 75%, and onion in a 67,5%. The sweetener beverages consumption is from once to twice a day in a 55% and fruit more eaten as picnics are bananas, apples and grapes with a 15% each and a 62,5% has their own utensils at home. It exists a consumption of cereals in a 45%, and related to the water consumption; mothers boil it, as an adequate food conduct in children, since they become capricious and refuse to the offered meals. Furthermore, a considerable consumption of beverages and industrialized juice is observed, which can conduct to a diet with scarcity of important nutrients. It is recommended for children acquire an adequate food conduct, their parents are responsible to show example and promote to them to consume healthy food, due to in this stage of their lives, children must learn how to eat, and manage semi-liquid foods and afterwards solids; is a whole process of development that implies to chew, taste, and be familiarized with odors and textures of the food with the objective to incorporate themselves little by little to the familiar diet; learning specific patterns that will influence in their food habits as adults decisively, which will incide in the nutritional status and of health.