Introduction:

aging with quality of life guarantees the well-being of man as a biopsychosocial being and nutrition plays an important role in this and anthropometric measurements are useful as predictors of many diseases for the evaluation of nutritional status.

Objective:

to evaluate anthropometrically the growth, development and nutritional status, associated to the elderly, in the nursing home of Pinar del Río, during the period from January to December 2021.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive and transversal study was carried out, where the universe under study was represented by 260 older adults, the sample was obtained intentionally, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, it was conformed by 122. The methods of descriptive statistics, absolute frequency and relative frequency, the percentage method were used. Mean and standard deviation were calculated.

Results:

there was a predominance of older adults in the range 70-74 years of age and those of male sex. In relation to the anthropometric evaluation by body mass index, there was a superiority of the normal weight, with a tricipital fold in the 50th percentile, as well as the muscular circumference of the arm.

Conclusions:

the measurement of the different anthropometric measurements in the elderly allows an integral diagnosis and stratification of risks and complications.

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