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Andrea Sáenz Mora
in Young Children in First Grade
Abstract
This article presents the results of analyses based on five
students living in Villa de Leyva, Colombia. The aim is to
explore the factors that determine the eating habits of
children under five years of age in the Dulce Corazón De
Maria school; The food habits were analyzed in relation to the
conditions to the pandemic-quarantine and with indicators
that were considered in terms of food patterns, therefore, a
mixed study was carried out through surveys and alternative
activities, that the determining results for the food habits
provided, is that the lack of nutritional knowledge and
establishing a healthy alignment does not cover the
nutritional requirements and influences an unbalanced and
unhealthy diet, along with other factors that increase future
consequences to the malfunctioning and maintenance of the
organism.
Key words: Healthy eating, Eating habits, Routine,
Beneficial, Nutrition.
Resumen
En este artículo se presentan los resultados de análisis con
base a cinco estudiantes residentes en Villa de Leyva,
Colombia. Con el objetivo de explorar los factores que
determinan los hábitos alimentarios de niños menores de
cinco años de grado primero del colegio Dulce Corazón De
María; Se analizó los hábitos alimenticios en relación con las
condiciones a la pandemia-cuarentena y con indicadores que
se consideraron con términos de patrones alimenticios, por lo
tanto, se desempeñó un estudio mixto mediante encuestas y
actividades alternas, que los resultados determinantes para
los hábitos alimenticios aportados, es que la falta de
conocimientos nutricionales y de establecer una alineación
saludable no cubren los requerimientos nutricionales e
influyen en una alimentación desbalanceada y poco
saludable, junto con otros factores que incrementan futuras
consecuencias al mal funcionamiento y mantenimiento del
organismos.
Palabras clave: Alimentación Saludable, Hábitos
alimentarios, Rutina, Beneficioso, Nutrición.
Introduction
In the present project the objective was to analyze whether
the first grade students of the Dulce Corazón Dulce De María
school suffered from bad eating habits, where strategies
would be implemented to form conclusions or find the origin
of the causes and at the same time organize ideas to promote
information about what it means to guarantee a proper diet
and the problems that could arise in the future when proper
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Languages Department,
Dulce Corazón De Maria School
Villa De Leyva, Boyacá
habits are not established. Today, it is inevitable not to
question the increase by which bad eating habits are reflected
in children from 3 to 5 years old, where the question arises as
to what is the main reason for the above-mentioned situation.
The efforts to instruct children to improve their nutrition have
to be used in advance, this has been the resolution of several
nutritional studies that have been practiced over time,
however, using a healthy diet in children consists of discipline
and effort therefore provide this type of information has to be
projected in a dynamic and fun so that they can appropriate
this information and put it into practice, children have to be
influenced by parents or where appropriate educators
because they have a very important role in the development of
learning in them.
Materials and Methods
A mixed study using the field diary and surveys was applied to
a sample of 14 individuals from the 3-5 year old child
population of the Dulce Corazón De María private school in
the municipality of Villa de Leyva (Colombia). The sampling
units (Students) were chosen with respect to what
information they provided during each of the activities
practiced. For the study, five surveys of approximately 30
minutes were carried out to obtain information on the food
they ate and how often, but this was one of the objectives of
the surveys. The surveys were applied to first grade students
enrolled in the above-mentioned school, who attended the
corresponding class schedules. However, an attempt was
made to convene all course members in order to have a
homogeneous sample of 3-5 year old students. The
questionnaires used are anonymous and no student refused to
participate, therefore, any intervention by them was
voluntary.
In order to classify the children according to bad eating
habits, a statistical analysis was carried out, determining the
average and standard frequency for the intake of proteins,
carbohydrates, lots among others, and at the same time an
analysis was given to the information that each student was
suffering from each activity.
Results
In the child population of Villa de Leyva, (Colombia), a high
intake of carbohydrates and fats was found, the high
percentage of caloric intake found coincides with a high
percentage of unhealthy diet recorded in children. The results
show that the children's eating habits found could be a
consequence of insufficient information on the
implementation of a healthy diet.
The analysis of the food presented by 5 children from 3 to 5
years of age was carried out, of which 3 were girls and 2 were
boys. The next table shows the result of the analysis of food or
meal recognition. It was observed in the children the increase
of the capacity to recognize different food groups and when
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