Abstract

OVIEDO COLON, Gustavo; MORON DE SALIM, Alba Rosa  and  SOLANO RODRIGUEZ, Liseti. Estado nutricional en niños de 1 a 7 años en una población suburbana de Valencia. An Venez Nutr [online]. 2001, vol.14, n.2, pp.70-74. ISSN 0798-0752.

Changes in nutritional anthropometric parameters, energy and nutrient consumption variables, were investigated in a group of 105 children between 1 and 7 years of age, in a suburban area of Valencia, increase of lowers height (7,2% to 15,2%), decrease of the overweight (24,8% to 7,6%) and low gain of weight and it carves (53,4% and 12,4%). In the canalization analysis 63,6% of undernourished stayed the same , 18,4% of the normal went to a lower level and 76,9% with overweight became normal. There was a significant decrease of the consumption of calories, fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. We conclude that the studied population deteriorated nutritionally as shown in the increment of the percentage of children with sihort stature, low weight gain and decrease in the consumption of the energy and nutrients.

Keywords : Anthropometric; consumption; energy; nutrients; weight; height.