Hábitos relacionados a los micronutrientes y estado nutricional en niños escolares del Atlántico

Abstract

This research was carried out on eating habits related to micronutrients in school children, between the ages of 5 and 12 from the city of Barranquilla, Soledad, Salgar, Usiacurí, Sabanalarga, Soledad and Malambo, who were selected by those in charge of the investigation who amounted to 165 surveys. Children between the ages of 5-7 (51.6%) and 8-10 (49.1%) were evaluated, where the age that stands out the most is 5-7 and the social stratum where there were more children surveyed was 1. We observe shortcomings in nutritional habits, since the majority do not eat foods that are necessary for their growth and development, despite the fact that they eat breakfast, dinner and lunch, this does not indicate that they lead a healthy lifestyle or habit; which means that they are more vulnerable to diseases (low defenses) due to the lack of intake of vitamins and minerals, as well as being underweight or overweight. The number of children who collaborated in this survey was 165, where 76.2% were underweight (125 children), 19.4% normal weight (32 children) and 4.8% overweight (8 children); which demonstrates, as mentioned above, the lack of micronutrients in their diet. Carrying out this study is important because the nursing profession requires the ability to educate, care for, and ensure the health of the population, focusing in this case on children, since if they do not have a healthy and variable diet, they could develop a disease. In the same way, for nursing, this is very important since with this we can see that many children do not receive adequate nutrition and with these data a strategy could be formulated so that parents are aware of what their children eat and how they can make it better. their children have better nutrition and with this a better development and performance throughout their school years. 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 can 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 the children have a good school performance and this development is noticeable throughout their adult life and is much more productive.