Nutrition Diagnosis of schoolchildren in southern Guayaquil
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Growth Trends, Eutrophic, Malnutrition, Chronic MalnutritionAbstract
The study aims to determine the nutritional status of preschool and school population, from the area of Guasmo and Isla Trinidad at the City Guayaquil - Guayas Province, Ecuador and profile the nutritional status. Previous studies suggest that in Ecuador there is a state of chronic malnutrition in school-age population, which corresponds to altered patterns of growth and development of children. Using standardized methodology, through anthropometric measurements or somatometric: weight , length and head circumference for nutritional assessment of school-age children, there was a developmental trend that would seem to support the thesis of chronic malnutrition . However, after closer look at the results we can suggest an alternative to the interpretation of the results, considering that the growth patterns, conditioned by population genetic determinants could differ from standardized growth patterns suggested by the World Health Organization. The results suggest that the second alternative is true so it would merit further studies to corroborate the findings
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