Nivel de conocimiento y prácticas alimentarias de los padres sobre la alimentación en niños de edad escolar que asisten a la Unidad Educativa ‘’La Alborada’’ del cantón Milagro durante el periodo mayo- agosto 2021.

Abstract

Parents' level of knowledge about food and eating practices is of utmost importance, since children at this age learn from them and form their nutritional habits. The objective of this work is to determine the level of knowledge and nutritional practices of parents about feeding school-age children who attend the educational unit "La alborada" of the Canton Milagro during the period May-August 2021. The design of this research has a descriptive, observational, transversal and quantitative variables approach. The universe of this study is made up of 60 parents, of whom the inclusion and exclusion criteria were taken into account. The instruments used were the knowledge survey and the food consumption frequency survey to learn about their eating practices. It was determined that 67.5% have average knowledge about healthy eating. The consumption of dairy products, red and white meats, fats, fruits and cereals have an adequate consumption and 50% of children consume 1-2 times a day snacks and soda.