Prácticas de lactancia materna; alimentación complementaria y su relación con el estado nutricional en menores de un año en el Subcentro de Salud de Yaruquies, provincia de Chimborazo 2015.

Abstract

The present paper was a descriptive research design, a cross-sectional study, non-experimental design, to determine breastfeeding practice; supplementary feeding and its relation with the nutritional status of children under one-year-old in Yaruquíes Health sub-center. The population was made up by 99 boys and girls under one-year-old, a survey way applied and data were tabulated with the OMS Antro and JMP 5.1 software. From these results: General characteristics both the mother and the boy/girl; The level education 37,4% have primary education, 29.3% have secondary education, 22,2% none and only 11,1% higher education, Ethnicity 72,7% are mixed-race and the 27,3% are indigenous mothers, By gender 50,5% are boys and 49,5% are girls. The nutritional status, 81,8% from boys/girls are found with a normal BMI/A,16,2% with overweight, 2,0% with obesity, the breastfeeding practices only 23,2% are exclusively breastfed until 6 months and 76% started with a supplementary feeding started from 4 months. It concluded that there is a relation between supplementary feeding practice (feeding frequency) and the nutritional status (H/A). It is recommended to develop educational programs to the mothers in exclusively best breastfeeding practice, supplementary feeding also hygiene and food preparation.