Marize Melo dos Santos1, Vanessa Passos Oliveira2, Sueli Maria Teixeira Lima3, Kyria Jayanne Clímaco Cruz4, Ana Raquel Soares de Oliveira5, Juliana Soares Severo6. 1. Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina (Piauí).. marizesantos@ufpi.edu.br. 2. Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina (Piauí).. van_passos_oliveira@hotmail.com. 3. Postgraduate Program in Food and Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí (Brazil).. sulima@ufpi.edu.br. 4. Postgraduate Program in Food and Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí (Brazil).. kyriajayanne@hotmail.com. 5. Postgraduate Program in Food and Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí (Brazil).. ana_luizamo@hotmail.com. 6. Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina (Piauí).. ju_ssevero@hotmail.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: there is high prevalence of overweight and poor food habits among adolescents, and these factors contribute to the development of chronic diseases. OBJECTIVE: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention designed to reduce the consumption of high-calorie foods in public school children in Teresina, Piaui, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS: quasi-experimental, randomized, quantitative intervention study involving adolescents (n = 126) of both sexes aged 10-14 years. An educational intervention, which involved 9 weekly meetings, was developed. A questionnaire was completed prior and subsequent to the intervention. Associations between variables were examined using a chi-square test (x2). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: there was a significant reduction in the consumption of soft drinks and processed juices subsequent to the educational intervention (p = 0.007). It has further reduction in weekly consumption of food like meat and sausage (p = 0.072). Adolescents' weekly consumption of fried foods and potato chips also decreased significantly subsequent to the educational intervention (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: the food and nutrition educational program was efficacious in reducing the adolescents' intake of high-calorie food and drinks and contributed to an improvement in the quality of food consumed by the schoolchildren evaluated. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.
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INTRODUCTION: there is high prevalence of overweight and poor food habits among adolescents, and these factors contribute to the development of chronic diseases. OBJECTIVE: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention designed to reduce the consumption of high-calorie foods in public school children in Teresina, Piaui, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS: quasi-experimental, randomized, quantitative intervention study involving adolescents (n = 126) of both sexes aged 10-14 years. An educational intervention, which involved 9 weekly meetings, was developed. A questionnaire was completed prior and subsequent to the intervention. Associations between variables were examined using a chi-square test (x2). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: there was a significant reduction in the consumption of soft drinks and processed juices subsequent to the educational intervention (p = 0.007). It has further reduction in weekly consumption of food like meat and sausage (p = 0.072). Adolescents' weekly consumption of fried foods and potato chips also decreased significantly subsequent to the educational intervention (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: the food and nutrition educational program was efficacious in reducing the adolescents' intake of high-calorie food and drinks and contributed to an improvement in the quality of food consumed by the schoolchildren evaluated. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.
Authors: Myrtis Katille de Assunção Bezerra; Eduardo Freese de Carvalho; Juliana Souza Oliveira; Eduarda Ângela Pessoa Cesse; Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira; Jonathan Galvão Tenório Cavalcante; Vanessa Sá Leal Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2018-02-07 Impact factor: 3.295