Nutritional Status and Anemic Syndrome in middle childhood of the Indigenous Schools, belonging to the territory of the Kambay Family Health Kambay Family Health Unit in the district of Caaguazú

Abstract

The state of child malnutrition is one of the most frequently encountered issues in pediatric consultations, but with little study at departmental and national level and important in growth and development; in addition, anemic syndrome is among the most frequent causes of learning deficits in middle school students, for these reasons the need arises to diagnose the association between malnutrition and anemic syndrome in middle school students. The research adopted a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, where the population studied was children between 5 and 11 years of age from the Basic School No. 7,751 "Cacique Demecio Centurión" of the community of Guaviramyndy, with a total of 26 students analyzed and from the Basic School No. 2,787 Ñanemaitei, located in the community of Kambay, with a total of 42 students analyzed; that is, 68 students were studied. The main results obtained were: a higher percentage of male students were analyzed; in terms of age, the highest number was found between 10 and 11 years of age; in relation to nutrition, the male sex has a higher rate of malnutrition by deficit; the female sex has a higher rate of malnutrition by excess. The conclusion is that adequate nutrition can lead to a state of mild anemia. A state of severe malnutrition may be accompanied by hemoglobin levels within normal parameters.