Abstract

GUERRERO, Arkady; AGUILAR, Cruz Manuel  and  CORTEZ, María Milagros. Children’s nutritional situacion and socio-demographic characteristics, in a rural comunity of the states of cojedes: Year 2005. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2008, vol.6, n.1, pp.7-13. ISSN 1690-3293.

The evaluation of the nutritional state, especially in vulnerable groups, allows to measure in indirect form the quality of life of a community. Objetive: to know the state nutritional children who live a rural community on the Cojedes State and the socioeconomics conditions of their familiar group. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was made where 31 children of 6 to 14 years, both sexes evaluated themselves. The nutritional diagnosis was made by the indicators: Stature-age. Weigh-it stature, Weigh-age and Index of Corporal Mass (IMC). Classification was used the national reference, and for the socioeconomic stratification, Graffar - Méndez Castellanos. For the statistical analysis the frequency allocation in percentage and measures of central tendency for the different variables was used. Results: 83,9% of the children had I diagnose normal nutritional and 28,1 % presented/displayed low stature. 83,3% of the families were in situation of critical poverty. Conclusion: in spite of the state of poverty of the evaluated families, most of the students they have a normal nutritional diagnosis, but the present low stature, reflects the possible deleterious effects of the socioeconomic condition that predominates.

Keywords : Nutricional Evaluation Young; Socioeconomic Layer; Index of Corporal Mass.