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Claudia Susana Escalante-Guerrero1, José María De la Roca-Chiapas, Maciste Habacuc Macías-Cervantes
1University of Guanajuato, Division of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine and Nutrition, León, Guanajuato, México.
Objective:
To identify the stages of behavior change and the knowledge, attitudes, and habits concerning nutrition and physical activity in Mexican children.
Methods:
A survey was applied to 48 children from 10 years old to obtain data. Stages of behavior change were classified according to the transtheoretical model.
Results:
For food habits, 31% were in precontemplation, 17% in contemplation, 10% in preparation, 40% in action, and 2% in maintenance. For physical activity, 12% were in precontemplation, 15% in contemplation, 29% in preparation, 42% in action, and 2% in maintenance.
Conclusions:
It is important to consider the stages of behavior change to plan strategies of educational models.
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