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[Food habits in the school population from rural areas]
G Pena Blanco1, M N Fernández-Crehuet Navajas, E Villanueva Tamayo
1Centro de Salud Motril-Este, Granada.
Objective:
To find the nutritional habits, qualitatively speaking, of school-children in our area in order to analyse their possible nutritional deficiencies and establish corrective measures.
Design:
A crossover study with a randomised sample, stratified by school years.
Setting:
A school in a rural area.
Patients And Other Participants:
A sample of students from this school: 101 out of 247 (41%).
Measurements And Results:
Using a closed survey without prior notice to the pupils, the food taken the day before at different meals was recorded and placed in each of the 7 groups of the nutritional circle. In addition two food groups considered of high energy content and low nutritional value were included (group 8, cakes and group 9, sweets). 17.82% of pupils had correct nutrition. 99% had milk for breakfast. 37.62% had only milk for breakfast. 46% did not consume vegetables all day. 34% did not consume fruit all day. 34% did not consume pulses all day. 72.28% consumed cakes and/or sweets at some time during the day.
Conclusions:
It can be concluded that these school-children eat low-quality food and that this is independent of school cycles or gender. The food of 82% of school-children is incorrect, with insufficient vegetables, fruit and/or pulses. They eat little for breakfast. We propose introducing, jointly with the teachers, measures to correct the problems found.