Food intake in school of Piracicaba, Brazil. / Consumo de alimentação escolar no município de Piracicaba, SP

AUTOR(ES)

Janaína Costa Ferreira

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Objective -To evaluate the feeding consumed in elementary public schools, for students of the city of Piracicaba, Brazil. Methods - A cross-sectional study was carried in twelve schools distributed between the five macro-regions of the urban area of the city. Data were collected in the schools and interviews were conducted with 3527 students through in the year of 2004. A food frequency questionnaire was used to know the consumption of meals supplied by the National School Meal Program and the consumption of snacks acquired in cafeterias or proceeding from house. The consumption of meals was studied based in the energy value daily mean and the consumption of snacks was described and classified in function of the number of portions of foods of the groups of the cereals, fruits and sugars and fats consumed weekly. Multiple linear regression analyses was applied to know the relation between the energy value daily mean of meal consumed (dependent variable) and demographic variable (sex, age and the region of localization of the schools), nutritional status and the consumption of snacks (groups of the cereals, fruits and sugars and fats). Results - The average of the energy value of meals consumed was 307.1 kcal. In general, it was bigger for the students male, lesser age, with low index of corporal mass and of the schools located in the regions less developed of the city. In relation to the consumption of snacks, 60.1% related to consume foods of the group of the sugars and fats 3 or more times per week, while only 11.2% consumed foods of the group of the fruits with this same frequency. The variable sex, age, region of localization of the schools, nutritional status and consumption of food of the group of the fruits presented statistical significant associations with the energy value daily mean. Conclusions - the consumption of meals supplied by the National School Meal Program varied significantly between the distinct regions of the city, being that the schools located in the regions less developed presented a greater consumption. The rise rate of consumption of snacks rich in sugars and fats, associate to the small frequency of consumption of fruits, strengthens necessity of developments of educative actions with focus for the healthy feeding in the schools, as well as the biggest use of the fruits and vegetables in the National School Meal Program.

ASSUNTO(S)

escolares national school meal program programa nacional de alimentação escolar school children lanches consumo alimentar snacks food intake

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