Estado nutricional y los niveles de hemoglobina en niños y niñas de 2 a 5 años de la Comunidad San Isidro. Cantón Pillaro, provincia Tungurahua, 2012.¨

Abstract

Non- experimental descriptive research of transverse type, in order to evaluate the Nutritional Status and Hemoglobin levels in 2-5 year old children from San Isidro community at Pillaro canton. In a sample of 40 kids a survey to identify general features was applied; for the anthropometric measures collection it was used a, a height rod, a scale ; in the data tabulation it was used the Microsoft Excel 2007 program, Antro 2011, and JMP 5.1 for the variable analysis. From the results of the general features 62,5% of girls and 37,50% of boys with a limit age of 59 months, minimum of 30 months; Nutritional status, 40% of boys and girls areunderweighted based upon the W//A rate, 37,5% of boys and girls showed severe low height based upon the H//A rate, 95% evidence a normal nutritional state, 5% are over weighted; Hemoglobin Levels: 37,5% of boys and girls showed anemia; Socio-economic conditions; 62,5% of boys and girls belong to a popular high stratum; Health conditions, 38% of boys and girls did not present SDDs, but on the other hand 29% of boys and girls had SRDs. It is concluded that boys and girls have a high rate of malnutrition as well as anemia. It is recommended to the technicians to keep a track of the boys and girls especially of those who have growth retardation.