Estado nutricional en niños de 5 a 11 años de edad en las comunidades indígenas Kumpas y Cumbatza

Malnutrition in children ages affects the adequate development of children with the consequent alterations in the level of health-disease parameters, which is why it is considered a problem for people in developing countries. Before this scoop, the objective of the present study was to establish the...

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Published in:Archivos venezolanos de farmacología y terapéutica 2017-01, Vol.36 (5), p.197-200
Main Authors: Diaz, Cristóbal Ignacio Espinoza, Zambrano, Alicia de los Ángeles Morocho
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Food
Malnutrition
Minority & ethnic groups
Nutritional status
Obesity
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Summary:Malnutrition in children ages affects the adequate development of children with the consequent alterations in the level of health-disease parameters, which is why it is considered a problem for people in developing countries. Before this scoop, the objective of the present study was to establish the nutritional status of children from 5 to 11 years, in the indigenous community Shuar Kumpas, and Cumbatza province Morona Santiago, Ecuador from May to October 2014. An analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted in 130 children from 5 to 11 years of age, to evaluate malnutrition by calculating: Weight/age, Weight/Height, Height/age and BMI/age, using the WHO- AnthroPlus v1.0.4. The data collected with the SPSS 23 program was tabulated. A logistic regression model was constructed to determine the factors related to acute malnutrition adjusted for age, sex, number of meals per day and socioeconomic level. The results were considered significant when the value of p
ISSN:0798-0264
2610-7988