Alimentación saludable y el estado nutricional de los niños de 3 a 5 años, Santa Rosa, 2023

Abstract

The present research carried out focuses on Healthy eating and the nutritional status of children from 3 to 5 years old, where the general objective has been set, to identify the healthy foods that should be eaten in the school snack for a good state. nutritional status of children from 3 to 5 years old. At the same time, to meet the stated objectives, a quantitative methodology was used, with a non-experimental correlational design, where the following research instruments were applied: interview with parents, survey of teachers, record sheet of anthropometric measurements, in addition to an observation guide to the lunch boxes of children in initial education sublevel II. The implementation of the instruments described was carried out in a sample of 5 teachers, 97 children and 51 parents, obtaining as a result that although the children, for the most part, show the appropriate measures, the statistical data show that the Infants do not eat correctly, therefore, it is part of a total imbalance in their body, with these results being contradictory. Finally, an integrative proposal is proposed for this research as a solution to the problem found, based on developing a healthy food guide, which is designed for the duration of a month, with rich, varied and balanced menus for a healthy school lunch box, in turn creating healthy eating habits from school.