scholarly journals Healthy Eating Habits

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Martins ◽  
G. Bruno

This project focuses on the theme of healthy eating habits and is being developed by students from class 8.ºD and under the scope of our school’s social inclusion program. Two questionnaires were applied, one on food and the other on hydration in a school environment, to all classes in the 7th grade and class 8.ºD. In order to alert the school community to the needfor good hydration, the class 8.ºD organized a tasting session on flavoured water. In collaboration with the project, the nurse from the school health centre gave two lectures on healthy eating habits. Schools’ shutdown due to Covid-19 pandemic did not allow more sessions to be held, nor to share with the community the questionnaires’ results. Nevertheless, one of the projects main goals is to implement in the school flavoured water dispensers, to encourage students to drink more water.

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazi Enamul Hoque ◽  
Megat Ahmad Kamaluddin ◽  
Ahmad Zabidi Abdul Razak ◽  
Afiq Athari Abdul Wahid

BackgroundOverweight and obesity have increased rapidly in incidence to become a global issue today. Overweight and obesity problems are significantly linked to unhealthy dietary patterns, physical inactivity and misperception of body image. This study aimed to determine whether Malaysian children build healthy eating habits from childhood.MethodsA survey on eating habits was conducted among primary school students in standards 4 to 6 in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The findings of the study were reported in the form of descriptive statistics involving frequencies and percentages. Data from 400 respondents were analyzed.ResultsOur findings showed that the students understood the definition of healthy food and the types of food that are considered healthy. Although the students knew that food such as deep-fried drumsticks and hamburgers contain a high amount of saturated fat and cholesterol, these foods were still consumed by them. There was also a high consumption of foods that are fried and contain sugar, salt and saturated fat. In choosing food, two major factors contributed to the students’ decisions: cleanliness (65.8%) and the preference of their parents (12.3%).DiscussionOur findings indicate that by implementing the Integrated School Health Program (ISHP) properly, students’ eating habits can be improved by creating a school with a healthy environment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Maria Ribeiro de Vasconcelos ◽  
Eliane Maria Ribeiro de Vasconcelos ◽  
Maria Gorete Lucena de Vasconcelos ◽  
Suelen Brito de Azevedo ◽  
Francisca Márcia Pereira Linhares ◽  
...  

RESUMOObjetivo: identificar os tipos de intervenções educativas na promoção da alimentação saudável em escolares. Método: revisão integrativa, entre janeiro de 2010 a maio de 2018, em que se selecionaram artigos em português, inglês e espanhol nas bases de dados PUBMED/MEDLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, BDENF, SCOPUS, CUIDEN, COCHRANE, WEB of SCIENCE, IBECS e na biblioteca virtual SciELO. Categorizaram-se os dados em relação aos tipos de tecnologias e às temáticas abordadas. Resultados: constituiu-se a amostra por 17 artigos, sendo que cinco abordavam práticas alimentares saudáveis; quatro, prevenção do excesso de peso e obesidade e oito, segurança alimentar e nutricional. Todos utilizaram as tecnologias leve e leve-dura e seis, a tecnologia dura. Diversas intervenções educativas foram utilizadas. Conclusão: para a realização de intervenções educativas, utilizam-se diversos recursos, dos mais simples aos mais sofisticados, e sua efetividade dar-se-á a partir do envolvimento da comunidade escolar e pela participação efetiva dos pais ou responsáveis. Pode-se considerar o ambiente escolar o local importante para a promoção da saúde a partir da aquisição de bons hábitos alimentares. Descritores: Educação em Saúde; Educação Alimentar e Nutricional; Serviços de Saúde Escolar; Hábitos Alimentares; Materiais de Ensino; Criança.ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the types of educational interventions in promoting healthy eating in schoolchildren. Method: integrative review between January 2010 and May 2018, in which articles were selected in Portuguese, English and Spanish in the databases PUBMED / MEDLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, BDENF, SCOPUS, CUIDEN, COCHRANE, WEB of SCIENCE, IBECS and in the SciELO virtual library. Data was categorized in relation to the types of technologies and the topics addressed. Results: the sample was constituted by 17 articles, five of which dealt with healthy eating practices; four, prevention of overweight and obesity and eight, food and nutritional security. All have used lightweight and light-hard technologies and six, hard technology. Several educational interventions were used. Conclusion: in order to carry out educational interventions, various resources are used, from the simplest to the most sophisticated, and their effectiveness will be based on the involvement of the school community and the effective participation of parents or guardians. The school environment can be considered as the important place for promoting health through the acquisition of good eating habits. Descriptors: Health Education; Food and Nutrition Education; School Health Services; Food Habits; Teaching Materials; Child.RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar los tipos de intervenciones educativas en la promoción de la alimentación sana en los escolares. Método: revisión integradora, desde enero 2010 hasta mayo 2018, en que se seleccionaron artículos en portugués, Inglés y Español, en las bases de datos PubMed / MEDLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, BDENF, SCOPUS, CUIDEN, Cochrane, Web of Science, y IBECS en la biblioteca virtual SciELO. Se categorizaron los datos en relación a los tipos de tecnologías y las temáticas abordadas. Resultados: se constituyó la muestra por 17 artículos, siendo que cinco abordaban prácticas alimentarias saludables, cuatro, prevención del exceso de peso y obesidad y, ocho, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional. Todos utilizaron las tecnologías leviana y leviana-dura. Se utilizaron diversas intervenciones educativas. Conclusión: para la realización de intervenciones educativas, se utilizan diversos recursos, de lo más simple a los más sofisticados, y su efectividad se dará a partir del involucramiento de la comunidad escolar y por la participación efectiva de los padres o responsables. Se puede considerar el ambiente escolar el lugar importante para la promoción de la salud a partir de la adquisición de buenos hábitos alimentarios. Descriptores: Educación em Salud; Serviços de Saúde Escolar; Educación Alimentaria y Nutricional; Hábitos Alimenticios; Materiales de Enseñanza; Niño.


2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
Amanda Marreti Felix ◽  
Thainá Dias Pereira ◽  
Camila Rizzaro Costa ◽  
Beatriz Vitória Giannichi ◽  
Maria Do Carmo Azevedo Leung ◽  
...  

Introduction: At present, school institutions exert a great influence on the diet of their pupils, since they usually remain for a long time in these places. The Food and Nutrition Education can help in the creation of healthy eating habits among children. Objective: To analyze the results of the Healthy Growing in School Program with regard to encouraging healthy eating habits among preschoolers at a school in São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil). Methods: The Program lasted 1 academic year. The sample consisted of 108 children of both sexes, aged 4 to 6 years. A questionnaire was applied to those responsible for characterization and questions to measure the level of knowledge about balanced eating (score 0-37 points) at the beginning and end of the Program. Eighteen play activities were carried out with the children, and two with the parents. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the São Camilo University Center (No.2,450,931). Results: Most of the parents or guardians have a high school education, receive from 1-3 minimum salaries and have a nutritional diagnosis of eutrophic. The average score of the food knowledge questionnaire was 27.0±2.5 at the beginning of the Program and did not show a significant difference at the end (p=0,322). From the development of educational activities, it was possible to observe that the preschoolers acquired more knowledge about the fruits, vegetables and vegetables most commonly consumed in São Paulo. The vision of the school community and families was positive about the Program. Conclusion: The Program provided has increased interest in healthy eating practices among children.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Razan Shwayhat

Media has been blamed for long time and more these days for spreading bad eating habits, inactivity and making unhealthy food choices especially among children. Through my work in the media especially TV, I wanted to use the other side of media and influence healthy eating habits among children and adults. Competitions drive challenge and determination, I created the first Arabic weight loss competition for kids on TV titled "Ghizaak Sihtak" may be translated to " Eat Well Live Well  Competition". The competition allows kids to live their normal everyday life (not in camps) and teaches them how to make healthy choices, be more active and thus lose weight. The Ghizaak Sihtak Compeition helped many kids lose more than 20Kilos in around 6months and keep it off for 2 years so far. This year - the 5th season for   kids - 10 kids started are participating in this weight loss journey while many others are watching them and are affected with their stories. The Compeition is broadcasted on Roya TV.


2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deíse Moura de Oliveira ◽  
Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi ◽  
Estela Kortchmar ◽  
Vanessa Augusta Braga ◽  
Marcelo Henrique da Silva ◽  
...  

Aim: understand the experience of women in the postoperative period of bariatric surgery. Method: qualitative study based on Social Phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. The study included eight women, whose testimonies were obtained in the period October-December 2012 through interviews with open questions. Results: The category "Rescue of everyday activities" reveals that surgery allowed the control of chronic diseases associated with obesity, autonomy for self-care and daily activities, the rescue of self-esteem and social inclusion. The category "Challenges" shows that women live with the need to adopt healthy eating habits that can enable the achievement and maintenance of the desired weight. Conclusion: Although this study evidences a gain in quality of life of the "bariatriczied" woman, it also underscores the need for a shared and longitudinal care with this clientele by a multidisciplinary team, due to the chronic nature of obesity.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Drummond

Schools are in the unique position of being able to influence students’ eating behaviours in a beneficial manner. Positive peer and teacher modelling can encourage students to try foods they exhibited distaste for previously. Pilot research has shown that when nutrition and cooking sessions are conducted in primary schools, foods refused or untried at home during meal times, such as vegetables, were asked for following the school cooking classes using that same food. In this paper I will discuss how nutrition workshops and cooking classes in primary schools can influence healthy eating habits among schoolaged children. The research indicated that there was a transfer of knowledge around healthy nutrition from a school environment to a home environment through students as agents of change.


Author(s):  
Winnie Wing Man Ng ◽  
Anthony Siu Wo Wong ◽  
Kin Cheung

This cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT)-designed study aimed to explore the feasibility of a promotion pamphlet and/or WhatsApp as a suitable mode of delivery to promote healthy eating habits with fruit and vegetables (F&V) among firefighters. Convenience and snowball sampling methods were used. Forty-five firefighters from 23 fire stations were recruited and they all received the printed pamphlet, while the intervention group participants (n = 20) received additional teaching material through WhatsApp every two weeks for eight weeks. Feasibility outcomes included retention, practicality, and implementation. The participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the intervention. There were significant improvements in the mean numbers of days consuming F&V (p = 0.002; p = 0.031) in the intervention group, and for fruit consumption (p = 0.033) in the control group between the baseline (T0) and 3 months after completion of intervention (T1). High levels of participants’ satisfaction with the intervention revealed that a full-scale CRCT of the WhatsApp-delivered intervention promoting healthy eating could be feasible, especially as a means of increasing the numbers of days they consumed F&V and the numbers of servings of these consumed per day.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Elizondo-Montemayor ◽  
Diana Moreno-Sànchez ◽  
Norma G. Gutierrez ◽  
Fabiola Monsivais-Rodriguez ◽  
Ubaldo Martinez ◽  
...  

Hispanic children and those from low-socioeconomic status are predisposed to unhealthy eating habits and obesity.Aim. to implement an individualized, face-to-face, parent supported, and school-partnership dietetic intervention to promote healthy eating habits and decrease body mass index. Prospective school year dietetic intervention of 101 obese, Hispanic, low-socioeconomic school-age children representative of Monterrey, Mexico, consisted of anthropometrics, dietetic assessment, energy-restriction tailor-made daily menus, and parental education every three weeks. Student’st-test was used for means comparison. A significant decrease was found in body mass index percentile(96.43±3.32to93.42±8.12/P=0.00)and energy intake/day of −755.7 kcal/day(P=0.00). Among other energy dense foods with significant decline in servings/day and servings/week were processed meats(3.13 ± 1.43to2.19 ± 1.04/P=0.00and5.60 ± 1.75to4.37 ± 2.10/P=0.00, resp.), saturated fat(1.47 ± 1.08to0.78 ± 0.79/P=0.00and2.19±2.18to1.1±1.36/P=0.00), sweetened beverages(2.79±1.99to1.42±1.21and6.21±1.72to3.89±2.80/P=0.00), and desserts and refined-grain bakery(1.99±1.54to1.32±1.59and2.85 ± 2.54to1.57 ± 2.20/P=0.00). There was a significant increase in servings/day and servings/week of water(2.98 ± 2.02to4.91 ± 2.37and6.62 ± 2.03to6.87 ± 0.91/P=0.00, resp.) and nutrient dense foods such as fruits(1.31 ± 0.89to1.66 ± 0.96and3.34 ± 2.24to4.28 ± 2.43/P=0.00)and fish and poultry(3.76 ± 2.15to4.54 ± 2.25/P=0.00). This intervention created healthy eating habits and decreased body mass index in a high risk population. Trial registration number:NCT01925976.


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