Hábitos alimentarios en estudiantes de los grados superiores de primaria en la Institución Educativa mis Primeras Letras.

Abstract

Eating habits are important for good growth, motor and emotional development, while bad habits affect the future of children, developing a negative state of health and well-being, where they can contract non-communicable diseases. Eating habits in boys and girls play an important role in education, because bad habits can cause weight gain and not a good growth and cognitive development. Taking into account that the food and nutrition of our children can be influenced by biological, family, social and environmental aspects. Therefore, during adulthood, the good eating habits that they had when they were boys and / or girls can be seen reflected. That is why it is important that in childhood they acquire healthy eating habits. The objective of this research is to determine the eating habits of students in the upper grades of primary school who attend the Educational Institution My First Letters, as well as to describe the risk factors that interfere with students in order to develop a program where they are offered psychoeducation for proper functioning in eating habits. The study is descriptive, cross-sectional, the study population will be made up of 85 children with the informed consent of their parents. Sociodemographic data will be taken, followed by surveys of eating habits for children, parents and teachers of the institution. With the results obtained, it is expected to establish strategies that allow improving and raising awareness about eating habits according to the needs of the students of higher grades of this educational institution My First Letters. The results of this study are relevant for future research that focuses on eating habits in boys and girls.