Conocimientos y consumo alimentario en escolares, sus padres y profesores de la Unidad Educativa Intercultural Bilingüe Corazón de la Patria de la ciudad de Riobamba 2014.

Abstract

Knowledge and dietary intake of schoolchildren, their teachers and parents at intercultural Bilingual Educational Unit Corazon de la Patria Riobamba City, 2014. This research aims to determine the knowledge and dietary behaviors in students of sixth and seventh basic education, parents and teachers of the institution by a non-experimental cross-sectional design in a universe of 118 people with a duration of 6 months. Information was obtained through a survey, the data obtained was put in a database in Excel and the analysis was performed in the statistical program JMP 5.1, with the following results. There is a 60% food knowledge in the population and the remaining 40% are not aware of those healthy eating habits. They consume 85% of simple carbohydrates, all prefer to eat rice every day and 55% of fruits, vegetables and grains. In some cases they do not know and some vegetables are not prepared or consumed by the same parents at home. It is recommended for the school count on parents who can change eating habits. They must have an agreement with the institution for educational lecturest about healthy eating at least once a month so they can strengthen the knowledge and improve eating habits for students, parents and teachers of the institution.