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

Abstract

The current research pretends to describe and analyse the children´s alimentary consumption at some school bars indifferent Public Educational Institutions located in the urban area of Riobamba city, province of Chimborazo, by means of a non-experimental and descriptive study, in a universe composed by 12 educational institutions. The information was obtained by means of direct information and interviews addressed to some bar administrators during playtime, the data collected was entered to a computer program called JPM v5.1 which facilitated the analysis of the variables, obtaining the following results: as for consumer demand we have: pre-cooked meals 11,9%, fruits 11,9%, processed products, snacks, sweet and candies 10,9% and ice cream 9,9%. A 68% of people working at school bars in 12 Educational Institutions investigated take care over their personal hygiene, 76% of people working at school bars do not take care over their personal hygiene, 41,7% of school bars keep an incorrect policy of hygienefor utensils and supplies, 75,7% of the school bars don't fulfil all the requirements settled down for an appropriate control, operation and administration. It is also recommended that part from the periodic control of school bars and food stands near Educational Institutions, training events can be implemented to teach children about the importance of nutritional and healthy food.