Publicación:

Protocolo para la implementación de un programa de educación en estilos de vida saludable en niños de 0 a 5 años en condición de normo, sobre e infra peso

Resumen

The objective of this project was to design a protocol for the implementation of an education program in healthy lifestyles, based on the perception and nutritional care of children from 0 to 5 years old in normal, over and underweight conditions. Methodologically, it was developed as an investigation with a propositional approach and from a descriptive perspective, favoring literature reviews to elaborate the mechanisms for the implementation and evaluation of the education program in healthy lifestyles. In the results, a matrix was designed for the socio-demographic characterization of the population of children and / or caregivers, instruments were recovered for the measurement of the healthy lifestyles, a proposal of the intervention program and established the criteria for evaluating its implementation. It is concluded that this protocol provides elements for the measurement of interventions that are developed on the problem of childhood obesity and contributes by generating inputs for decision-making on new strategies to implement. Likewise, it becomes a reference for its application in various contexts and for discussions in academic communities.