Abstract

Background: Overweight is a highly prevalent condition in Chile. For diagnosis of this condition, various national regulations must be used, but, their application are subject to interpretations, particularly in infants. Aim: To assess the agreement in infant nutritional diagnoses made by nutritionist. Methods: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study with non-probability sampling for convenience. An online instrument with 5 cases was used to carry out Nutritional Status Diagnosis among groups of nutritionists contacted via social networks. Degree of concordance was determined by percentage and Fleiss Kappa coefficients. Results: 104 professionals completed the instrument (3 men), average work experience was 4.8 +/- 4.7 years, the percentage of agreement ranged from 8% to 81% with Fleiss Kappa values of kappa = 0.468 to kappa = 0.847. Conclusion: Although various national guidelines exist on nutritional diagnosis, there is high variability, which demonstrates the need to create professional consensus.