Asociación entre el estado nutricional y el neurodesarrollo en niños de 2 a 5 años que asisten a centros de desarrollo infantil en la localidad de Bosa – Bogotá D.C.
Thesis
Introduction. A high percentage of the population from 2 to 5 years of age presents inadequate nutritional status due to excess (overweight and obesity) or malnutrition. These problems involve serious repercussions that affect the health status of children, including their neurodevelopment status in the short, medium and long term, which raises the need to take measures aimed at improving or improving the nutritional status of the population. Objective. To identify the association that exists between nutritional status and neurodevelopment in children from 2 to 5 years old who attend Child Development Centers in Bosa. Methods. Analytical prevalence study carried out in 207 children from 2 to 5 years old belonging to child development centers in Bosa in Bogotá (Colombia), to which the nutritional status is evaluated by means of anthropometry and was applied on a scale of neurodevelopment assessment. Results. This study found lower scores in the rating scale of development regarding gross motility and hearing/language in children with chronic malnutrition compare with right nutritional status children. Overweight children did not present difference statistically significant compare with right nutritional status children in any neurodevelopment measurements. There were not differences statistically significant among the comparison groups (chronic malnutrition vs right nutritional status and overweight children vs right weight children) compare with the other quantitative and qualitative variables. Conclusions: Chronic malnutrition is associated with neurodevelopment alterations in gross motility and hearing/language. There is not evidence about association of overweight and neurodevelopment alteration.
