Alimentación en el ámbito de los bares escolares, en las unidades educativas fiscales de bachillerato de la zona urbana del cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo - 2013.

Abstract

The objective research Word is to describe and analyze food consumption in adolescents. This word has been carried out in school cafeterias at Public High Schools located in the urban zone city of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province. It is a non-experimental and descriptive study .The universe is made up of 12 educational units. The information was obtained by means of direct observation and interviews to the different cafeterias and their administrators during recess time. The data obtained was entered in the computer program JPM V5.1 which facilitated the variable analysis. The results were the following: The food 11.1%, fast food 9.9% , low or no sugar drinks 9,8% ; fruit is also offered ,however, it is one of the least consumed 8,6%. 81, 4% of the 12 studied cafeterias have good hygiene conditions in their equipment and appropriate cooking utensils .64.7% have good hygiene conditions and appropriate infrastructure. 87.3% of the observed cafeterias do not comply with all the requirements established in the agreement 0004-10 set for an adequate functioning, administration and control of this kind of facilities. 41.1 % of the people that work in these places do not have Health Certificate. It is recommended that besides control to the cafeterias, they organize training sessions about correct nutrition for teens.