Un software for weight
Doctors Buenos Aires Health Ministry control growth and blood pressure of children between 6 and 11 years through a new software tool created by the health portfolio, thus allowing diagnose it early cases of overweight, obesity or high blood pressure.
This software tool released last year allowed the first data indicated 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 curves of growth backed by measurement 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 who are overweight between 10 and 14 years will be 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, Alexander Collie to explain the basics of the Plan School Health and stressed that “today we have to pay special attention to the worrying increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood , a trend that is growing worldwide.”
The Plan of School Health of the Province is to perform comprehensive medical checks and make a diagnosis on school children, always with parental consent , while when a guy he is detected a health problem, you will get a turn at a hospital with a specialist appropriate treatment and monitoring is done.
Luis Crovetto, director of Primary Health Care, by the Plan explained 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 group , while to assess the growth of children. ”
It is estimated that 3 in 10 children and adolescents who are overweight between 10 and 14 years will be obese adults
Daniel Otero, one of the designers of this anthropometric software, said “ registration system is simple and was intended to ease the work of municipalities , which are responsible for sending 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 add size and weight to the software return the body mass index. “
” Finally, also systolic and diastolic blood pressure is incorporated, to know if your child has high blood pressure, always according to . parameters Ooeganización Establishing the World Health Organization (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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