Desnutrición infantil en comunidades mazahuas con migración masculina internacional en México Central Children Malnutrition in Mazahua Communities with Transnational Male Migration

Resumen

The objective was to evaluate the prevalence of mal nutrition in children aged 1-5 years according to gender in transnational male migration and non-migr ation households in two communities of the Mazahua region in the State of Mexico. The sample studied was 534 children from one to five years old (50.4% boys and 49.6 girls). The nutritional condition was evaluated based on weight/age, weight/height and height/age, indicators recommended by the Mexican Official Norm NOM-031-SSA2-1999 (Secretaria de Salud, 1999) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). Differences in nutrition were established by standard deviation analysis. The prevalence of maln utrition according to height was 57.1%, for weight and age it was 43.1%, and for weight and height it was 10.1%. There is no significant difference between t he indicators related to transnational male migration.