E. Alba Tamarit has a pharmacy degree and has coordinated a study team to prepare the report 'Consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables in a group of Valencian children of school age'. His colleagues are researchers from the Universities of Valencia, Catholic of Valencia, and Polytechnic of Valencia.
The discussion has focused on two aspects: 'There is not enough consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables among the students studied'; and 'children influence the purchase of fruits, vegetables and vegetables made by their parents'. In order to obtain the results, a questionnaire was made for parents of school-age children of the San Rafael de la Pobla de Vallbona diocesan school (Valencia). The sample is not very large (155 questionnaires delivered / 116 answered), but can serve as a reference for other similar studies.
Last week we explained in this post, how data from a few years ago, pointed to Only one in five children eat the reasons of fruit and vegetables that are considered adequate (five a day). Let's see what this study has published in the Spanish Society of Dietetics and Food Sciences (SEDCA).
The questionnaire contained 10 questions taken from the Plan for the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in Schools, and the health survey of the Valencian Community 2005. The data on rations for school-age children were obtained from the Guide to Menus in Dining Rooms School
It has been observed how Only six children consume the recommended amount of fruit, 3 or more servings a day. For dessert, only 22 students usually drink fruit, compared to 56 who alternate with dairy products (I think this data should be crossed with the number of these children who consume fruit at other times of the day: breakfast, snack, because there are for dessert of the meal they take flan, and nevertheless they eat three pieces of fruit daily).
As for children who influence the purchase of fruits and vegetables, there are only 25 and 12.93 (respectively) that do so regularly, although more than half (fruits) and almost 30% (vegetables) do it 'sometimes'.
Fruits, vegetables and vegetables are basic products in human food and are the most important food group for health promotion in developed countries
The investigation points to the conclusion that The consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables in the majority of children participating in the study does not follow the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines, and do not meet the nutritional requirements of school age. And this is because it is considered that children between six and 12 years should consume three servings of fruit per day, one serving of raw vegetables and vegetables, and one serving of cooked vegetables and vegetables.
I think that the results cannot be extrapolated, but surely they will not differ from those obtained in other environments, it may be necessary to point to an information task, while obtaining new generalizable data.
