NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN MINORS OF 5 YEARS.

Objectives: to identify the nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in the urban neighborhoods of the city of hecelchakan, in which the authorities consider to have a high poverty level to these neighborhoods. Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in which 143 children under 5 years of age were housed in hecelchakan city, who attended the consultation on growth and development at hecelchakan rural hospital during the period from january to december. 2016. Results: of the children studied 143, 55% were female and 45% male, 52% of them were from the age group of 2 to 5 years and 48% from 0 to 23 months. According to the weight / age indicator, 64% were found to be eutrophic, while 16% had some degree of malnutrition, 13% were overweight and finally 7% of the children studied had obesity. Chronic malnutrition was found in 24% and acute malnutrition in 12%. There was a higher prevalence of obesity in the female gender. In the age group of 2 to 5 years some degree of malnutrition was found in 17% while in the group of 0-23 months only 14%. Conclusions: children under 5 years old who attended the growth and development consultation had a higher prevalence of malnutrition in terms of national results, but a lower prevalence of low stature compared to the national result of 2 years ago.