Epidemiological aspects that influence the emergence of protein-energy malnutrition
Section: TEACHING TO LEARN
Authors
1Miguel Ángel Lima Quirós, 2Diamela Ruiz Fernández, 3Jorge Luis Pena González.
Position
1Especialista de primer grado en MGI, Profesor Instructor de MGI, Departamento de MGI Hospital Docente Piti Fajardo, Vueltas, Villa Clara, Cuba.2Especialista de primer grado en MGI, Profesor Instructor de MGI, Policlínico Mario Muñoz Monroe, Villa Clara, Cuba.3Especialista de primer grado en MGI, Departamento de MGI, Hospital Piti Fajardo, Vueltas, Villa Clara, Cuba.
Contact email: miguelangel_636@hotmail.com
Abstract
We carried out a descriptive research with the aim of improving our understanding of factors predisposing to protein-energy malnutrition in children, conducted in the Cañao, Barrio José Félix Ribas, zone 6, Petare community. The sample comprised of a total of 21 children diagnosed with protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) and their mothers, who received a questionnaire which contained items of interest for the study. The result was that the PEM was present more often in girls between 0 and 4 years of age with poorly educated mothers, and the most frequent type of malnutrition is the marasmic malnutrition associated to a maternal history of malnutrition and poor eating habits. All patients had associated diseases specially the dental decay and intestinal parasitism.
Keywords:
associated diseases; food habitsmalnutrition
Versión en Español
Título:
Aspectos epidemiológicos que influyen en la aparición de la desnutrición proteico energética
