Foods containing the lunchboxes of the preschool child of educational institutions

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preschool child, school feeding, child nutrition, food preferences, obesity.

Abstract

Introduction: The school snacks reflect children's eating habits and preferences. An unhealthy snack is considered a public health problem.
Objective: Identify the types of foods that contain the preschool snacks of public educational institutions.
Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 167 snacks of preschool children from four educational institutions in the northern region of Peru, applying as an instrument a checklist of energy foods, water, regulators and builders, and according to their origin in processed and unprocessed (natural). Categorical data were recorded and presented as frequencies and percentages.
Results: Of the 668 foods observed, 95.8 % presented energy foods followed by 82.6 % water. The foods of the preschool children's snacks were 45.2 % unprocessed followed by 29.6 % who had no food of any kind.
Conclusions: There is high consumption of energy foods in preschools in Chiclayo and there is a similarity between the frequencies of processed and unprocessed, however, in general, snacks have a high presence of unprocessed foods.

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2022-08-27

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Zeña-Ñañez S, Sánchez-Sánchez KK, Failoc-Rojas VE. Foods containing the lunchboxes of the preschool child of educational institutions. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2022 Aug. 27 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];51(3):e02202026. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2026

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Vol. 51 No. 3 (2022): July - September

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