Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru

Malnutrition is one of the main public health problems affecting early childhood development, compromising the health and quality of life of thousands of Peruvian children. The main contribution of this work is the analysis of the nutritional status of the infant population of the Chirikyacu Indigen...

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Autores: Murillo Llorente, María Teresa, Montagud Hidalgo, Paula, Pérez Murillo, Javier, Legidos García, María Ester, Palau Ferré, Alma María, Pérez Bermejo, Marcelino
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Repositorio:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Anthropometry
Malnutrition
Health status
Nutritional status
Child nutrition
Peru
Indigenous communities
3206 Ciencias de la Nutrición
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spelling Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of PeruMurillo Llorente, María TeresaMontagud Hidalgo, PaulaPérez Murillo, JavierLegidos García, María EsterPalau Ferré, Alma MaríaPérez Bermejo, MarcelinoAnthropometryMalnutritionHealth statusNutritional statusChild nutritionPeruIndigenous communities3206 Ciencias de la NutriciónMalnutrition is one of the main public health problems affecting early childhood development, compromising the health and quality of life of thousands of Peruvian children. The main contribution of this work is the analysis of the nutritional status of the infant population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru in order to evaluate current and future food policies. It is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 19 children between 6 months and 6 years of age. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical variables and dietary habits were analyzed from 7 January to 4 February 2018. The mean age of the children was 29.74 months (SD = 23.91). We found statistically significant differences between the BMI values of boys and girls (p < 0.05; Mann–Whitney test). According to the z-scores, 35.29% suffer from malnutrition, although in no case is it severe. Hair, nails and skin were in good condition in general, except for some cases showing signs of nutritional deficiency. Dietary patterns are based on legumes, vegetables, dairy products, ice cream, cookies and sweets, and are considered insufficient to cover basic needs; water intake was also insufficient. Breastfeeding lasted an average of 14 months (SD = 2.9). We found a prevalence of malnutrition higher than that established by the WHO in Latin America among the children of Chirikyacu. The dietary pattern is insufficient to cover basic needs, so it is necessary to continue with nutritional educational interventions to improve it.20232023-12-2720222022-12-0720222022-12-07journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/3397reponame:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártirinstname:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente MártirInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/33972026-06-19T08:32:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
title Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
spellingShingle Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
Murillo Llorente, María Teresa
Anthropometry
Malnutrition
Health status
Nutritional status
Child nutrition
Peru
Indigenous communities
3206 Ciencias de la Nutrición
title_short Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
title_full Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
title_fullStr Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
title_sort Nutritional Assessment of the Infant Population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Murillo Llorente, María Teresa
Montagud Hidalgo, Paula
Pérez Murillo, Javier
Legidos García, María Ester
Palau Ferré, Alma María
Pérez Bermejo, Marcelino
author Murillo Llorente, María Teresa
author_facet Murillo Llorente, María Teresa
Montagud Hidalgo, Paula
Pérez Murillo, Javier
Legidos García, María Ester
Palau Ferré, Alma María
Pérez Bermejo, Marcelino
author_role author
author2 Montagud Hidalgo, Paula
Pérez Murillo, Javier
Legidos García, María Ester
Palau Ferré, Alma María
Pérez Bermejo, Marcelino
author2_role author
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Anthropometry
Malnutrition
Health status
Nutritional status
Child nutrition
Peru
Indigenous communities
3206 Ciencias de la Nutrición
topic Anthropometry
Malnutrition
Health status
Nutritional status
Child nutrition
Peru
Indigenous communities
3206 Ciencias de la Nutrición
description Malnutrition is one of the main public health problems affecting early childhood development, compromising the health and quality of life of thousands of Peruvian children. The main contribution of this work is the analysis of the nutritional status of the infant population of the Chirikyacu Indigenous Community of Peru in order to evaluate current and future food policies. It is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 19 children between 6 months and 6 years of age. Sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical variables and dietary habits were analyzed from 7 January to 4 February 2018. The mean age of the children was 29.74 months (SD = 23.91). We found statistically significant differences between the BMI values of boys and girls (p < 0.05; Mann–Whitney test). According to the z-scores, 35.29% suffer from malnutrition, although in no case is it severe. Hair, nails and skin were in good condition in general, except for some cases showing signs of nutritional deficiency. Dietary patterns are based on legumes, vegetables, dairy products, ice cream, cookies and sweets, and are considered insufficient to cover basic needs; water intake was also insufficient. Breastfeeding lasted an average of 14 months (SD = 2.9). We found a prevalence of malnutrition higher than that established by the WHO in Latin America among the children of Chirikyacu. The dietary pattern is insufficient to cover basic needs, so it is necessary to continue with nutritional educational interventions to improve it.
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