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    Nutritional status in children under 5 years of age attending the CRED consulting room of the Peru Health Center 3 zone of the SMP district 2019
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-08-13) Grados Vargas, Mery Jennifer; Gonzales Saldaña, Susan Haydee
    Objective: Determine the nutritional status of children under 5 years of age who attend the CRED control of the Peru 3 health center zone of the SMP district, 2019. Material and method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study, carried out on 200 children under 5 years of age. 5 years. The technique used was in relation to the measurement of weight (kg) and height in (cm), with the Anthropometric Assessment Growth Curves, established by the Ministry of Health of Peru. Results: 71.5% and 14% belonged to the age group of the age range of 0-12 months and 13-24 months, respectively. For the weight/age component, 31 (15.5%) children had inadequate gain; 8 (4%) were overweight; and 1 (0.5%) had obesity. For the height/age component, 32 (16%) had inadequate gain; and 1 (0.5%) was overweight. For the weight/height component, 7 (3.5%) had inadequate gain; 10 (5%) were overweight; and only 1 (0.5%) presented obesity. Nutritional status mainly affected children aged 0-12 (8.7%) months, followed by children aged 14-24 months (3.8%). Conclusion: About half of children under 5 years of age who attend the CRED control of the Peru III health center SMP 2019 zone had an inadequate nutritional status.