Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment
<strong>Background:</strong> the study of children´s growth in an appropriate indicator of children health condition and should be used as one of the basis in the practice of preventive medicine. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the nutritional al conditio...
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| author | Alina Esther González Hermida Jesús Vila Díaz Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera Odalys Quintero Rodríguez Mariela Dorta Figueredo José Danilo Pacheco |
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| description | <strong>Background:</strong> the study of children´s growth in an appropriate indicator of children health condition and should be used as one of the basis in the practice of preventive medicine. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the nutritional al condition of children of third and sixth grade of elementary schools of Health Area V of Cienfuegos Municipality. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> descriptive, observational, cross-sectional and relational study of 445 school age children from 4 elementary schools. A clinic assessment was carried out along with an anthropo-medical evaluation. A qualitative survey was developed to assess the frequency of consumption of different alimentary groups. <strong><br />Results:</strong> the relation weight/height in the two genders presents a prevalence of normal weight; undernourishment is more common among females, overweight is more usual among boys and obesity can be found in both genders. The variable weight/age showed one bad-nutrition (for defect) among females, there was a prevalence of bad-nutrition for excess in both genders. There were no children with height under the third percentile, with prevalence of boys and girls tall and very tall. Bronchial asthma was the most common disease. <strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> Food consumption in general, taking into account frequency and kind of food, is not the appropriate. There is a relation between positive clinical findings and the anthropometric assessment of weight/height. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d643f24862f340718d18e38ed84ef1252025-01-30T21:28:42ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2011-04-01827683576Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessmentAlina Esther González Hermida0Jesús Vila Díaz1Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera2Odalys Quintero Rodríguez3Mariela Dorta Figueredo4José Danilo Pacheco5Policlínico Docente Área V "Manuel Fajardo". Cienfuegos.Hospital Pediátrico Docente “Paquito González Cueto”. Cienfuegos.Policlínico Docente Área III “Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja”. Cienfuegos.Policlínico Docente Área V “Manuel Fajardo”. Cienfuegos.Policlínico Docente Área V “Manuel Fajardo”. Cienfuegos.Policlínico Docente Área II “Cecilio Ruiz de Zárate”. Cienfuegos.<strong>Background:</strong> the study of children´s growth in an appropriate indicator of children health condition and should be used as one of the basis in the practice of preventive medicine. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the nutritional al condition of children of third and sixth grade of elementary schools of Health Area V of Cienfuegos Municipality. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> descriptive, observational, cross-sectional and relational study of 445 school age children from 4 elementary schools. A clinic assessment was carried out along with an anthropo-medical evaluation. A qualitative survey was developed to assess the frequency of consumption of different alimentary groups. <strong><br />Results:</strong> the relation weight/height in the two genders presents a prevalence of normal weight; undernourishment is more common among females, overweight is more usual among boys and obesity can be found in both genders. The variable weight/age showed one bad-nutrition (for defect) among females, there was a prevalence of bad-nutrition for excess in both genders. There were no children with height under the third percentile, with prevalence of boys and girls tall and very tall. Bronchial asthma was the most common disease. <strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> Food consumption in general, taking into account frequency and kind of food, is not the appropriate. There is a relation between positive clinical findings and the anthropometric assessment of weight/height.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/864estado nutricionalniñoantropometríatrastornos de la nutrición del niñotrastornos nutricionalestrastornos de la conducta alimentaria |
| spellingShingle | Alina Esther González Hermida Jesús Vila Díaz Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera Odalys Quintero Rodríguez Mariela Dorta Figueredo José Danilo Pacheco Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment Medisur estado nutricional niño antropometría trastornos de la nutrición del niño trastornos nutricionales trastornos de la conducta alimentaria |
| title | Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment |
| title_full | Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment |
| title_short | Nutritional condition of school age children. Clinic, anthropo-medical and alimentary assessment |
| title_sort | nutritional condition of school age children clinic anthropo medical and alimentary assessment |
| topic | estado nutricional niño antropometría trastornos de la nutrición del niño trastornos nutricionales trastornos de la conducta alimentaria |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/864 |
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