Hábitos alimenticios y estado nutricional en niños escolares en la ciudad de Barranquilla

Abstract

This research was carried out on eating habits and nutritional status in school children in the city of Barranquilla, which involved 49 surveys. It was evidenced that the population studied 54.9% were boys and 45.1% were girls, where the most predominant ages are 9 and 10 years and the most important social stratum is stratum II. In addition to this, it was found that children have good eating habits and that everyone has the possibility of consuming the four daily foods such as breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner, which indicates that children eat the right components for their growth. It was found that more than half of the children who participated in the study are overweight with 55% and the rest 44.8% normal weight, which indicates that despite good habits, some cause can be evidenced for which they have overweight. It is important for nursing to carry out this type of study since they are highly trained to care for, educate both children and adults, focusing on this population of school children so that they can have healthy habits that will be found and supported to contribute with education to continue with the appropriate habits where their growth and development will even be noticed in the school stage, making children have a good school performance and this development is noticed throughout their adult life and is much more productive.