“Factores que influyen en la desnutrición en los niños de los centros de desarrollo infantil de la parroquia de Santa Rosa de la ciudad de Ambato.”

Abstract

Malnutrition continues to be a problem at a global, regional and local level in our midst, to the multiple efforts that are being made to counteract it. The story of the children of the Child Development Centers (CDI). The child development centers that are in charge of the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES). So that a descriptive methodology can be used because factors that intervene in the malnutrition of children and quantitative organizations are detailed because the factors are identified through a survey and the parents of the children, as well as quantifying the data and giving to know the information by means of graphs and percentages. Once the investigation is finished, the data will be tabulated and analyzed, which will reach the conclusions. In addition, the parents of the families and caregivers of the CDI are educated on the importance of a healthy diet for a good nutritional status, and that this has been affected and influenced by several factors of the environment where the child performs as a child: socio-economic processes, cultural factors, hygiene, health and knowledge of family members about healthy eating among others.