Food and Nutrition Education: influence on students feeding behavior and nutritional status
| Title: | Food and Nutrition Education: influence on students feeding behavior and nutritional status |
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| Authors: | Maria Irene de Castro Barbosa, Bárbara Ramos de Oliveira, Nágila Araújo de Carvalho, Karine Anusca Martins |
| Source: | O Mundo da Saúde, Vol 40, Iss 4, Pp 399-409 (2016) |
| Publisher Information: | Centro Universitário São Camilo, 2016. |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: | food and nutritional education. feeding behavior. anthropometry., Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: | The nutritional transition indicates inadequate food intake in our population and it requires the adoption of educational strategies in order to promote healthy behaviors. This study evaluated the influence of an educational intervention program in dietary habits and anthropometric indicators in elementary school students. This was a prospective quantitative study developed in a public school in Goiânia, Goiás, with 92 students. Sociodemographic characteristics were analyzed as well as weight, height and body mass index (BMI) measurements. In order to identify the feeding habits, the already validated Previous Day Food Quiz (PDFQ) was used. An educational intervention program was implemented and three activities were developed in each classroom. The students’ average age was 9.61 ± 1.17 years old, and the majority were girls (55.44%), social class “B” (54.38%); brown skin (57.90%); catholics (54.39%), living with their parents (68.42%) and they had one to two brothers (71.94%). Most participants had normal weight before and after the intervention, and 20.00% were overweight. After five months of the educational intervention, there was an increase in weight and BMI, although not statistically significant, and a significant height increase (p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Portuguese |
| ISSN: | 0104-7809 1980-3990 |
| Relation: | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/237; https://doaj.org/toc/0104-7809; https://doaj.org/toc/1980-3990 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/4121732637074bdebd75c4617c30f336 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.4121732637074bdebd75c4617c30f336 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 01047809 19803990 |
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| Published in: | O Mundo da Saúde |
| Language: | English Portuguese |