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DE TEJADA LAGONELL, Miren. Psychological characterization of malnourished children. An Venez Nutr [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.2, pp.68-80. ISSN 0798-0752.

Malnutrition is considered an issue of global concern since it involves basic human rights of affected people. Much has been written about malnutrition in its medical and nutritional aspects, perhaps less from psychology and education. In this sense, this article aims to present the state of art about the psychological characterization of children who are subjected to a clinical or subclinical malnutrition condition and make a contribution from the education for its detection from the schools  the positioning of the teacher as a nutritional guardian. It is assumed as a documental research with a qualitative methodology of critical interpretive character aimed at gathering information that has been generated in relation to the psychological characterization of infants living under this condition, to review new contributions and to propose a theoretical perspective since psychology and education that allows the analysis and understanding of the subject matter. It is recommended its promotion and diffusion in the academic community interested in this problem.

Palabras clave : Malnutrition; psychological aspects; children; resilience.

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