ÍNDICE DE MASA CORPORAL Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA GANANCIA DE PESO Y TALLA EN NIÑOS Y NIÑAS DE 1º A 4º AÑOS DE EDUCACIÓN BÁSICA DE LA ESCUELA FISCAL “LOJA” Nº 148 EN LA PARROQUIA SUCRE DEL CANTÓN 24 DE MAYO, EN EL PERIODO JULIO – DICIEMBRE 2013.

Abstract

This research diagnostic, descriptive and prospective study determined the body mass index which was interpreted using the curves growth for children 5 to 9 years 11 months by the Ministry of Public Health in children Loja 1 school to 4th year of Basic Education school tax "Loja" No. 148. The girls have a higher percentage of overweight and obese children, nutrition and physical activity important factor to prevent of these disorders many times these factors are affected by external influences such as style fast and sedentary lifestyle. The weight for age in children under study revealed that 6.3% of these in the month of December 2013 were overweight, after it was operated by a nutrition workshop aimed at parents, with a topics such as the usefulness of the food pyramid, healthy and varied diet techniques besides food hygiene. In the month of May 2014 were evaluated once again these percentages decreased by 1.81%. The weight to height is a fundamental indicator to verify is nutritional status of a child, low height for their age indicates from chronic malnutrition, in addition to this size unearned never recover, in this study children with low height for age were 7.3%. As a proposed guidance Healthy food for children was conducted, which was handed over to parents for reinforcing the knowledge about feed