Satisfaction of parents with overweight-obesity pediatric in-hospital intervention in Costa Rica Satisfacción de padres de familia con intervención intrahospitalaria pediátrica de sobrepeso-obesidad en Costa Rica

Abstract

Obesity is a problem that extends around the world, it becomes a more frequent and common condition in minors, due to multiple factors, among them, the behavior inside the home with respect to eating habits, the role of the educational system in food and physical activity patterns. Costa Rica is not the exception to this global behavior. Many efforts have been made from the country's institutions to counterattack this situation. In the case of children under eighteen years of age, there is a history from a national hospital, in which an intervention was performed with the objective of attending the obesity condition in an integral manner. The objective of this document was to know, the degree of satisfaction of parents who attended a comprehensive childhood obesity clinic, to identify the needs that arise. It was found that these tutors demand the need for more nutritional workshops and more experiences through physical activity or exercise. At the same time, deficiencies were exposed at the administrative level and of little attention frequency. There is also a relationship between the tutors who are involved in the activities, who are aware of their importance and the positive changes in home life habits that directly impact children and their condition.