Impact of a Nutrition-Related Community Intervention on the Quantity and Quality of Children's School almuerzo.

ABSTRACT: Foods and beverages that schoolchildren carry in their lunchboxes have high energy values but lack plain water, fresh fruits and vegetables. A nutrition-related community intervention on the quantity and quality of school almuerzo was performed, in which four primary schools participated, as part of two groups: 225 children in the intervention group (IG) and 177 children in the control group (CG). The parents from the IG had access to a website where they could consult information on eating habits and physical activity or school almuerzo menus. They were sent weekly text messages on their mobile phones and attended in-person sessions. Anthropometric measurements and surveys were performed in both groups at the start of the study, as well as after 6 and 12 months. The school almuerzo was as

SUBMITTER: Vilchis-Gil J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8003566 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature