Nivel de conocimiento nutricional de los padres y/o cuidadores y contenido dietético sobre lonchera escolar de estudiantes de 2do y 3ero de básica de la escuela de educación básica particular “Liceo Cristiano Monte Sinaí” en la ciudad de Guayaquil, 2022.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: inadequate school performance is characterized by performance below their cognitive abilities, reflected in a learning difficulty. The school lunch box is a very important snack due to meal times. The objective of this study is to measure the level of nutritional knowledge of parents/caregivers and the dietary content of the school lunch box of 2nd and 3rd grade students of an Educational Institution. METHODS: a non-experimental study was conducted on 60 parents and/or caregivers of 2nd and 3rd grade students from the "Liceo Cristiano Monte Sinaí" Private Basic Education School. Participants completed a CAP survey. A descriptive analysis was made. The variables were tested Chi square. RESULTS: it was found that in the lunch box with adequate content (N=20) there is the same percentage between knowledge (N=10, (50%)), and non-knowledge (N=10, (50%)) about the school lunch box healthy, while in the lunch box with inappropriate content (N=40) the highest percentage (N=34 (57%)) do not have knowledge about the healthy school lunch box and a lower percentage (N= 26 (43%)) do. has it. CONCLUSION: the lack of knowledge of the healthy lunch box affects the preparation of a lunch box with inappropriate content.