Desnutrición y su relación con el retardo en el desarrollo óseo en niños escolares de 5 a 11 años atendidos en el Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos desde Mayo del 2017 hasta Mayo del 2018.

Abstract

Malnutrition is a worldwide problem that is present in every country in the world nowadays, in one way or another, either as obesity or undernutrition. It is most commonly found in third world countries. According to de World Health Organization (WHO) malnutrition is define as a pathological state characterized by deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person’s intake of nutrients and energy. As a consequence of the nutritional imbalance functional and metabolic changes may occur on the patient at first followed by anthropometric adjustments. There are different variables used to evaluate malnutrition on pediatric patients such as height and weight measurements as well as laboratory tests, clinical symptoms and also biomarkers. The main focus of the study are the secondary growth disorders, that often relate to factors outside of the skeletal system that impede normal bone growth and development. One of the main factors related with these disorders is malnutrition. That is why the study tries to correlate malnutrition with the delayed in bone development.