Análisis de la lonchera en niños de segundo grado de escuela de la ciudad de Yaguachi.

Abstract

The school lunch box is part of the diet of children of school age, this food must be prepared daily to meet the nutritional needs of children. For this, the degree of knowledge of the parents with respect to their children's food and lunchbox was analyzed. A descriptive study was carried out with a sample of 30 children from a public educational establishment and their parents were consulted by means of a survey to determine their knowledge about the main food groups and classification. The results of the study were as follows, 100% of the parents answered that if they know about the foods that a lunch box should contain, on the other hand 46.7% of the parents responded that they make their child's lunch box the day before. The surveyed population claims to know certain key elements of nutrition, which is contrasted when responding on specific topics and specific food groups, as well as the combination of foods.