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    Relationship between the level of knowledge about complementary feeding and nutritional status in children from 6 to 12 months in the Collique III health center, Comas 2023
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2024-09-25) Sulca Ccancce, Vanessa; Bravo Araujo, Gloria Tula
    General objective: Determine the relationship between the level of knowledge about complementary feeding and nutritional status in children from 6 to 12 months at the Collique III Health Center, Comas 2022. Methodology: Quantitative method, non-experimental, transversal and correlational design. The sample was made up of 120 mothers with their respective children aged 6 to 12 months treated at the Collique III Health Center, located in Comas. A validated and reliable questionnaire was used as an instrument to evaluate the level of knowledge about complementary feeding, while the WHO growth charts were used to evaluate nutritional status. Results: the average age was 26.56 years. 75% (n=117) completed secondary school. Regarding the age of the children, 28.8% (n=45) were 8 months old. Knowledge about complementary feeding, 80.1% (n=125) was regular. Regarding the start dimension, 71.2% (n=111) were regular, in the characteristics dimension, 60.3% (n=94) were regular and in the type of food dimension, 55.1% (n=86) was deficient, while, in the food hygiene dimension, 79.5% (n=124) was regular. 57.1% (n=89) were of normal weight, 24.4% (n=38) were overweight, 10.3% (n=16) were underweight and 8.3% (n=13) ) were obese. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge about complementary feeding and nutritional status in children from 6 to 12 months in the Collique III Health Center, Comas 2023.