The influence of nutritional status on child psychomotor development: a systematic review

Fernández I.R.P.; Heredia D.J.J.; Huamaní A.V.C.; Aire C.M.R. · Revista Espanola de Nutricion Comunitaria (2023)

Resumen

Background: Child malnutrition is a problem that develops with great preponderance in the world, a situation that generates concern, because childhood is the stage where different processes that determine the development of cognitive and emotional learning of infants begin to be established. The purpose of this work was to study the influence of nutritional status on child psychomotor development in Latin America during the period (2008-2022). Methods: A Prisma 2020 methodology was used, through which a literary search was carried out in different databases, considering inclusion and exclusion criteria related to the subject of study. From this, a final sampling of 21 articles was obtained, material that was analyzed objectively and interdependently through the Microsoft Excel program 2019. Results: These results determined that most studies show a direct influence between nutritional status and psychomotor development, where there is a high rate of cases of global and severe malnutrition, as well as a prevalence of overweight problems. A situation that ends up affecting the learning of child development in the areas of coordination, language and cognition. Conclusions: Child undernutrition is a highly prevalent issue in Latin America, especially in the population with low economic and educational income, which is why it is necessary to continue working and strengthening social programs dedicated to reducing this problem.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada de Huancayo Franklin Roosevelt