Malnutrition and its association with intellectual coefficient in children from a school in Seville de oro. Province of Azuay, Ecuador, 2023
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Child Development, Malnutrition, Intelligence QuotientAbstract
Introduction: in Ecuador, malnutrition is considered a public health problem because it affects approximately one out of every four children. This figure increases in the Inter-Andean region since it is influenced by the socioeconomic situation or the diet, causing problems in cognitive development as it compromises one´s intelligence quotient.
Objective: determine malnutrition and its association with intelligence quotient in 6-to-10-year-old schoolchildren from two rural schools in Sevilla de Oro Canton in Azuay Province, Ecuador.
Methodology: this was an observational, analytic, cross-sectional study. One hundred and nineteen 6-to-10-year-old children were used as a sample, the children being selected via stratified random sampling. The parameters of the World Health Organization for weight and size were used, which determined the body mass index for its location in the respective percentile. To assess the intelligence quotient, Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) was applied.
Results: 7,6 % of the population under study had malnutrition, 63,9 % of which were below average as regards the intelligence quotient. The statistical association test was square chi, with a P value of 0,856.
Conclusions: No statistically significant association existed between malnutrition and an intelligence quotient below average
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