Malnutrición infantil y trastornos cognitivos en los niños y niñas del subnivel preparatoria.

Abstract

This research project has been developed to help children achieve comprehensive development, in order to determine the relationship between malnutrition and cognitive development in 5-year-old infants. Said exploration is developed at the Simón Bolívar Basic Education School at the preparatory sublevel, research that is oriented in an explorative method, where information is collected for the study and previous analysis of the problem. The development of this study begins with an initial diagnosis, which allows us to know with greater precision the object of study and the problems found, through the elaboration, structuring and application of the instruments, to with the objectives set on the research. In the same way, a review of theoretical bases is presented in which it was possible to characterize the two variables and relate the information obtained, in order to carry out the elaboration of the proposal that will improve the cognitive development of children through a good diet. This project is oriented according to the research axis presented by the Technical University of Machala, with a methodology oriented in an observational study, since there was no manipulation regarding the variable, prospectivo, since the data were collected first-hand, cross-sectional, since we made a single measurement to the population, and analytical, since we tested the hypothesis raised at the beginning of the research. As soon as the methodology to be used was determined, the necessary data was collected, through an observation guide aimed at the children of the preparatory sublevel, in order to verify the malnutrition of the children, as well as interviewing the teachers from the sublevel in order to perceive the knowledge they have about malnutrition, its causes and consequences. Finally, a survey was also conducted for parents to understand why their children were malnourished.