Relación entre estado nutricional y valores de hemoglobina en niños y niñas menores de 3 años, parroquia Pucayacu y Guasaganda de la Red de Soberanía Alimentaria Nutricional (REDSAN) de la provincia de Cotopaxi 2012

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation is to establish a relationship between nutritional state and hemoglobin values on children (male and female) under three; the investigation was conducted under the guide of Nutritional Feeding Sovereign Net Project (REDSAN), in the villages of Pucayacu and Guasaganda at Cotopaxi Province, year 2012. The data were taken from 87 children (boys and girls) from whom, the nutritional state and anaemia degree were evaluated by means of anthropometric measure taking and biochemical measure testing (enhemocue) respectively. Among the population`s general features, it was found that a 54.0 percent were female and the remaining 46.0 percent were male with an 18 month age average. While evaluating the children´s nutritional state, it was found that according to weight/height indicator, a 34.4 percent of them are in a possible overweight risk; concerning weight/age indicator, a 49.4 percent of children fluctuate between low weight and severe low weight; and 16.1 percent of the kids presented growth retardation and severe growth retardation. About anaemia diagnosis, it showed that 64.4 percent of the infant population did not present anaemia, whereas 35.6 percent of them presented anaemia in moderate levels. In analyzing the relationship between nutritional state and anaemia diagnosis, none the three indicators i.e. P/T (weight/height), P/E (weight/age),and T/E (table/age) showed a meaningful statistical relationship; therefore, this study should be broaden in order to obtain better results. Based on this study, a multi-disciplinary team should be created in REDSAN project, which in turn will be in charge of protecting the children´s nutritional state.