Revista de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024)
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Characterization of malnutrition in children f rom a public school in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

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  • Julia Louise Batista Grzechota,
  • Barbara Boalento,
  • Griselda Sánchez Ulbl,
  • Nivia Viviana Ruiz Prieto,
  • Fabián Franco,
  • Ana Regina Maia de Morais
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36003/Rev.investig.cient.tecnol.V8N1(2024)1

Published 2024-06-28

Keywords

  • Malnutrición,
  • IMC-Edad,
  • Desnutrición infantil,
  • Obesidad infantil
  • Malnutrition,
  • BMI-Age,
  • Child malnutrition,
  • childhood obesity

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Julia Louise Batista Grzechota, Barbara Boalento, Griselda Sánchez Ulbl, Nivia Viviana Ruiz Prieto, Fabián Franco, & Ana Regina Maia de Morais. (2024). Characterization of malnutrition in children f rom a public school in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Revista De Investigación Científica Y Tecnológica, 8(1), 7–14. https://doi.org/10.36003/Rev.investig.cient.tecnol.V8N1(2024)1
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Abstract

Childhood nutrition disorder represents an important public health cha- llenge worldwide. Malnutrition refers to a state in which there is an imbalance between nutrient intake and the body’s needs, whether due to deficiency or excess. Objectives: The objective of this study is to identify nutrition disorders, whether due to overnutrition or hyponutrition through the body mass index (BMI) in basic cycle students of a public school in Ciudad del Este in the year 2023. Materials and Methods: This is a quantitati- ve, cross-sectional, descriptive study. A calibrated scale was used to measure the weight of the children and a tape measure was used to measure the height of all children from preschool to seventh grade from the age of 5 years. Results: The sample consisted of 43 students over 5 years old. Obesity or overweight constituted 2/5 of the total, with mal- nutrition being less common. Conclusion: In the present study, the sample was almost entirely represented by the male sex, almost 50% of the students had a nutritional status outside the normal parameters according to BMI from the WHO reference table. Among the most frequent parameters, two fifths correspond to overweight or obesity.

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