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Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana
versão impressa ISSN 0124-4108
Resumo
RUIZ-DE-LA-FUENTE, Marcela et al. Relationship Between Nutritional Status of 4 Grade Schoolchildren and Income, Healthy Eating and Nutrition Knowledge Level, and Perception of Their Mothers. Perspect Nut Hum [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.2, pp.143-153. ISSN 0124-4108. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.penh.v18n2a02.
Background:
Very few studies exist in Chile about the relationship between the level of healthy eating and nutrition knowledge of mothers and their children’s nutritional status.
Objetive:
To determine the relationship between the nutritional status of Grade 4 schoolchildren from subsidized schools in San Carlos, Chile, and their mothers’ income, healthy eating and nutrition knowledge, and perception.
Materials and Methods:
Analytical cross-sectional study with a sample of 108 mothers and 108 schoolchildren. Mothers answered a previously validated survey to evaluate their healthy eating and nutrition knowledge level. The schoolchildren’s nutritional status was determined by the body mass index. The Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test at significance level α=0.05 was used with the STATA 14.0 program.
Results:
Overnutrition was found in 67.8% of the schoolchildren, which was not related to mealtimes (p=0.52), income level (p>0.05), healthy eating knowledge (p=0.87), and mothers’ nutrition (p=0.33). The relationship between nutritional status and gender (p<0.05) and the mothers’ perception of their children’s NS (p<0.0001) was determined.
Conclusion:
The schoolchildren’s nutritional status was not statistically related to their mothers’ healthy eating and nutrition knowledge level even when the knowledge level was insufficient.
Palavras-chave : Nutritional status; healthy diet; overweight; child nutrition; social class; knowledge; mothers.