Impact of the nutrition education Program Nutriamigos® on levels of awareness on healthy eating habits in school-aged children

Authors

  • Suzana Janson Franciscato Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação -SP
  • Guilherme Janson Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru – Universidade de São Paulo. Bauru- SP
  • Rachel Machado Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação - SP
  • José Roberto Pereira Lauris Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Universidade de São Paulo. Bauru- SP
  • Silvana Marques Javarez de Andrade Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação-SP
  • Mauro Fisberg Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação -SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.v29.9538

Keywords:

Food and Nutrition Education, Eating behavior Behavior, Animation, Child

Abstract

 Introduction: With the increase of childhood obesity, early intervention in nutrition education becomes necessary. Therefore, during the school period, the school becomes the best place for implementation of a nutritional education program.

Objective: The current study was carried out in a public and in a private school, with the objective of evaluating and comparing the results of the "Nutriamigos®" Program on food and nutrition knowledge of children with different socioeconomic levels, sex, age and Body Mass Index (BMI).

Method: Comparative longitudinal study, before and after educational intervention. To evaluate the intervention, a public (school 1) and a private school (school 2) were selected. This was a random, convenience sample comparing students from different social and economic levels, consisting of 242 (school 1) and 99 children (school 2), respectively, totaling 341 children, from 6 to 10 years of age. The Body Mass Index was used to measure nutritional status. Knowledge about food and nutrition was evaluated through a questionnaire, applied before and after intervention. The nutritional intervention consisted of 12 classes of 50 minutes each.

Results: The improvement in knowledge on food and nutrition between the pre and post intervention stages was statistically significant.

Conclusion: The "Nutriamigos®" Program reached its goal, demonstrating that it is effective in public and private schools and should not be differentiated for boys or girls, or for children with normal or excessive weight.

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Author Biographies

Suzana Janson Franciscato, Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação -SP

Nutricionista – Especialista em Clínica e Terapêutica Nutricional. Diretora da PEN- Programa de Educação Nutricional Ltda.

Guilherme Janson, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru – Universidade de São Paulo. Bauru- SP

Professor Titular. Disciplina de Ortodontia. Departamento de Ortodontia, Odontopediatria e Saúde Coletiva.

Rachel Machado, Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação - SP

Nutricionista, Formada pelo Centro Univ. São Camilo, Especialista em Nutrição Clínica (HC-FMUSP) e Pediatria (EPM/UNIFESP), Mestre em Ciências da Saúde (EPM/UNIFESP).

José Roberto Pereira Lauris, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Universidade de São Paulo. Bauru- SP

Professor Titular, Departamento de Odontopediatria, Ortodontia e Saúde Coletiva

Silvana Marques Javarez de Andrade, Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação-SP

Nutricionista, Formada pela Universidade do Sagrado Coração

Mauro Fisberg, Instituto PENSI/Hospital Infantil Sabará/Fundação José Luiz Egídio Setúbal - Consolação -SP

Pediatra e Nutrólogo, Professor Associado do departamento de Pediatria da Escola Paulista de Medicina-UNIFESP e Coordenador do Centro de Dificuldades Alimentares do Instituto Pensi- Fundação José Luiz Setúbal - Hospital Infantil Sabará

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