Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba.
<strong>Background: </strong>In many countries in the last few years, there has been an increasing interest for the assessment of the Nutritional System which can be defined as a systemic and permanent process of collection, transmission analysis and interpretation of the information tha...
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| author | Zeida Bárbara Alejo Cruz Gema Matienzo González Carvajal Caridad Hernández Gutiérrez Ernesto Martínez Ferrer |
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| description | <strong>Background: </strong>In many countries in the last few years, there has been an increasing interest for the assessment of the Nutritional System which can be defined as a systemic and permanent process of collection, transmission analysis and interpretation of the information that allows to keep updated knowledge of the nutritional state. The follow up of the children´s growth and development has the importance not only to assist the children´s needs at a determined age but also to assist them with a preventive criteria taking into account their dynamic and changing characteristics. <strong><br />Objectives:</strong> To assess nutritionally the children gathered at the ages from 2 to 6 years that attend the day care center ¨Marineritos del Sur¨ for more than one year during the period September 1 st - March 2000. <strong><br />Methods: </strong>The variables under study were age, sex, weight, folds brachial circumference and past illnesses. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> According to the indicators weight/size, size/age, weight / age, tricipital fold/ age, brachial circumference / age, patients between 10 and 90 percentile had a predominance. The calculus of the Z point showed that 67,66 % of the children were eutrophic, 27,=6 tended to obesity and 5,28 malnourished. Giardia Lambia was the most frequent isolated parasite. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bfa8a8f908d84bd0a85469deb2440af82025-01-30T21:28:36ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2003-07-0112899414Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba.Zeida Bárbara Alejo CruzGema Matienzo González CarvajalCaridad Hernández GutiérrezErnesto Martínez Ferrer<strong>Background: </strong>In many countries in the last few years, there has been an increasing interest for the assessment of the Nutritional System which can be defined as a systemic and permanent process of collection, transmission analysis and interpretation of the information that allows to keep updated knowledge of the nutritional state. The follow up of the children´s growth and development has the importance not only to assist the children´s needs at a determined age but also to assist them with a preventive criteria taking into account their dynamic and changing characteristics. <strong><br />Objectives:</strong> To assess nutritionally the children gathered at the ages from 2 to 6 years that attend the day care center ¨Marineritos del Sur¨ for more than one year during the period September 1 st - March 2000. <strong><br />Methods: </strong>The variables under study were age, sex, weight, folds brachial circumference and past illnesses. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> According to the indicators weight/size, size/age, weight / age, tricipital fold/ age, brachial circumference / age, patients between 10 and 90 percentile had a predominance. The calculus of the Z point showed that 67,66 % of the children were eutrophic, 27,=6 tended to obesity and 5,28 malnourished. Giardia Lambia was the most frequent isolated parasite.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/14evaluación nutricionalniñojardines infantiles |
| spellingShingle | Zeida Bárbara Alejo Cruz Gema Matienzo González Carvajal Caridad Hernández Gutiérrez Ernesto Martínez Ferrer Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba. Medisur evaluación nutricional niño jardines infantiles |
| title | Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba. |
| title_full | Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba. |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba. |
| title_short | Nutritional assessment of children at the day care center “Marineritos del Sur” in Cienfuegos province, Cuba. |
| title_sort | nutritional assessment of children at the day care center marineritos del sur in cienfuegos province cuba |
| topic | evaluación nutricional niño jardines infantiles |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/14 |
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