Conocimientos, gustos y prácticas sobre el consumo de lácteos en una población escolar de la ciudad de Medellín-Colombia

ABSTRACT: Dairy products intake is important for children’s health and development. However, in developing countries, it does not reach WHO recommendation; 180 L/person/y. Objective: To determine the knowledge, preference and practices associated with dairy products intake in school population from Medellin, comparing with soft drinks intake. Methods: personal interviews were obtained from 384 children, 7 and 12 y old, from 9 elementary schools. Differences between dairy and soft drink were evaluated by MANOVA, using SAS version 9.0. Results: Mean dairy products intake was 135.5 L/person/y. Differences between gender (p=0.53), or socio-economical level (p=0.17) were not detected. Only 38.2% of children know daily products intake recommendation and 42% knows its nutritional content. Taste was the main motivation for intake in 60.4% of children. Mean soft drink intake was and 137.7 L/person/y. Conclusions: It is necessary to enhance students’ knowledge about the importance of dairy products’ for health,and to implement educational campaigns to promote their consumption.

• Autores: Rodríguez Espinosa, Holmes; Restrepo Betancur, Luis Fernando; Martínez Hernández, Libia Inés
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/11049
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/11049; https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/nutricion/article/view/20314
• Palabra clave: Productos lácteos; Dairy products; Leche; Milk; Gaseosa; Soda; Bebidas; Drinks; Consumo de alimentos; Consumption of food; Preferencias alimentarias; Food preferences; Hábitos alimentarios; Eating habits; Niños; Children
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CO)