Abstract
The National Nutrition and Health Survey, implemented in 1986 in Ecuador, investigated nutritional status, food intake, morbidity and mortality of 0–5 year-old children in the country (Freire et al., 1988). High prevalences of malnutrition, as assessed by anthropometry, were found: prevalences of linear growth retardation ranged between 37% in the costal urban areas and 67% in the rural Andes. Single nutrient deficiencies were also widespread: anemia was a particularly serious problem with 69% of the children between 6 and 11 months of age being anemic; vitamin A status was marginal and riboflavin status was poor.
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