This software tool released last year allowed the first data showing that 24.2 percent of children between 6 and 11 years old are overweight, while 18.4 percent some level of obesity was found, according to the measurement of growth curves endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Health Program Coordinator Armando, Maria Laura Sansalone said that “it is estimated that 3 in 10 children and adolescents with overweight between 10 and 14 years will become obese adults. “
” Knowing the nutritional status of children, allows us to design public policies according to their needs, “said Minister of Health of the province, Alejandro Collia to explain the basics of School Health Plan and stressed that “today we need to pay special attention to the worrying increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood, a trend that is growing worldwide.”
The School Health Plan of the Province is to perform comprehensive medical checks and make a diagnosis on school children, always with parental consent, while when a guy will detect any health problems, you gets a turn in a specialist hospital with appropriate treatment and monitoring is done.
Luis Crovetto, director of Primary Health Care, in charge of the plan, said the new software tool serves ” to optimize the work, allowing the assessment of nutritional status in children aged 6-11 years automatically and efficiently, minimizing the time of registration and data processing both individually and collectively, while allowing assess growth children “.
Daniel Otero, one of the designers of this anthropometric software, said that” the registration system is simple and was intended to ease the work of the municipalities, which are responsible for sending the data to the Province “.
He explained that” first date of childbirth is loaded, and the program automatically calculates the age in years and months, then size and weight are added to the software return the BMI “.
” Finally, systolic and diastolic blood pressure is also incorporated, to know if your child has high blood pressure, always according to the parameters established by the World Ooeganización . (WHO) “
So far, there are nine districts started to validate the software: Brandsen, Ezeiza, General Belgrano, Ituzaingó, Marcos Paz, Morón, San Vicente and Las Flores. However, the Ministry of Health created an explanatory manual to facilitate learning to use
The dietitians recommend to improve infant feeding, “Start your day with a good breakfast;. Make 4 main meals (breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner); avoid impromptu snacks; add color to your diet and avoid foods ultraprocesados and promote the consumption of water and limit soft “.
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