ALIMENTACIÓN COMPLEMENTARIA EN NIÑOS DE 6 A 24 MESES Y SU TRASCENDENCIA EN EL ESTADO NUTRICIONAL, SUBCENTRO DE SALUD, CIUDADELA “MUNICIPAL”, JUNIO A NOVIEMBRE 2012

Abstract

In this study we have realize the nutritional evaluation to Childs between ages of 6 to 24 months that attend to the “Subcentro de la Ciudadela Municipal de la Ciudad de Portoviejo”, using the anthropometrics measures, to determinate their nutritional condition. For sampling, made it in five months, we have chosen 100 mothers that attend to the Subcentro named for routine medical evaluations, whose childs are in the established ages for the study, to apply the polls that are form by seven questions, which principal objective is to determinate if the mothers are offering breast milk to their childs, to know the kind of food that they usually give to their kids, how is prepared the food, which is the food consistency, if they are offering any alimentary supplement, and if they know the importance of complementary feeding since the age of 6 months, during and after the breast feeding, until the age of 24 months, because if the childs don´t have the correct type of food and nutrients, it will affect the nutritional condition of the childs. Also we have made a nutritional guide, where we can find different kind of menus, always watching the child requirement according to the age and physical activity, with a nutritive and balanced feeding, where we can find all the groups that form part of de food pyramid, and in this way the mother will increase their knowledge at the time of feed their childs, and that they can satisfy all their daily vital needs.